Standing Man with Hand on Basin, from Figures de modes

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Standing Man with Hand on Basin, from Figures de modes, c. 1710. Etching in black on ivory laid paper.

Etching in black on ivory laid paper · Image: 11.1 × 6.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Standing Man with Hand on Basin, from Figures de modes
Artist: Jean Antoine Watteau French, 1684-1721
Date: c. 1710
Medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 11.1 × 6.9 cm (4 3/8 × 2 3/4 in.); Plate: 12.4 × 7.8 cm (4 15/16 × 3 1/8 in.); Sheet: 14.2 × 9.5 cm (5 5/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1684–1721

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.