Artist: Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722, Study for Festival of the God Pan (La Fete du Dieu Pan), Red chalk with graphite underdrawing on tan laid paper, cut into three pieces and mounted on wove paper, with outlining in dark brown ink, overall (irreg.): × cm (6 1/2 × 14 3/8 in.), Claude Gillot, most famous as the teacher of Jean-Antoine Watteau, made drawings on antique themes and from contemporary Italian comedy, in large part preparatory for the more than five hundred prints produced following his designs, by himself or others, over his lifetime. This is the final drawing for the

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