Anonymous French 18th Century, After David Teniers (Flemish 1610-1690), formerly attributed to Watteau
A Peasant Couple and their Dog and a distant group of three figures, after the Le Nain brothers, 17th–early 18th century French
Red chalk for the main figures and the dog; graphite, pen and brown ink and gray wash for the distant figures
7 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches; framed to 18 × 17 1/2 inches (French mat)
Description
This handsome sheet was once attributed to Antoine Watteau, but Pierre Rosenberg’s exhaustive catalogue raisonné downgraded it to” 18th century French.” Eunice Williams originally thought it was composed after the brothers “Le Nain,” but on direct examination Sir Timothy Clifford and Professor Baker both suggested that the drawing can be more properly thought of as after David Teniers, the great 17th century painter of peasant life..