# Seated Woman

**Antoine Watteau** (French, 1684–1721)  
1716–17  
Black, red and white chalk  
9 7/16 x 5 7/16 in. (24 x 13.8 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.763. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459192).

## About this work

Antoine Watteau drew this in 1716–17, aged about 32. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Chalk.** Natural black, red and white chalks. Used together on toned paper they could give the warmth of flesh with very little effort, and they were favourites for studies from life.

### [Antoine Watteau](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/antoine-watteau)

French, 1684–1721; born in Valenciennes; died in Nogent-sur-Marne

Watteau came to Paris from Valenciennes, worked with the theatre painter Claude Gillot and the decorator Claude Audran, and studied Rubens’s Medici cycle at the Luxembourg Palace. In 1717 the Academy received him with a new category, the fête galante, for his Pilgrimage to Cythera: elegant figures in parkland, often in theatre costume, touched with melancholy. His chalk drawings, frequently in red, black and white, are among the finest of the century. He died of tuberculosis at thirty-six.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Drawings
- The artist was about 32
- Real size: about 9½ × 5½ in (24 × 14 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 18th century
- Subjects: Women
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

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