Study of a Nude Man Holding Bottles, Antoine Watteau, ca. 1715–16

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Study of a Nude Man Holding Bottles, ca. 1715–16, Black, red, and white chalk., 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne), The four large oval paintings of the Seasons commissioned by Pierre Crozat (1665–1740) for his Paris dining room constitute rare examples of mythological subjects in Watteau's oeuvre. The painting Autumn, known today only through engravings, depicted a standing satyr pouring wine for a seated Bacchus

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