The Eager Shepherd [Le Berger Empressé], Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, Antoine Watteau, (French, 1684–1721), Black chalk, brush and gray wash, traces of stylus on cream laid paper, A shepherd makes advances to a shepherdess seated by a gnarled tree on a bank; another tree frames the composition at the right. Arabesque frame composed of garlands, shell-work, hooked scrolls and bat-wing ornamentation. The outer edges of the composition are shaded., France, ca. 1730, ornament, Drawing

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