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Standing Man Leaning on His Elbow, before 1710. Etching on cream laid paper.
Etching on cream laid paper · Image: 12.6 × 7.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Standing Man Leaning on His Elbow
- Artist
- Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721) finished by Henri-Simon Thomassin (French, 1687-1741)
- Date
- before 1710
- Medium
- Etching on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 12.6 × 7.9 cm (5 × 3 1/8 in.); Sheet: 143.7 × 10.1 cm (56 5/8 × 4 in.)
- Credit line
- Everett D. Graff Endowment
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1684–1721
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.