Lot 314: *Francois Watteau, called Watteau de Lille (1758-1823) an amorous couple on an elegant bed.

*Francois Watteau, called Watteau de Lille (1758-1823) an amorous couple on an elegant bed. Signed: watteau fils. Pen and black and brown ink and brown and gray wash. Bears inscription on the back of the mount: Grave par Lecoeur 1788. Neant a la Requete 258 by 206mm. Provenance: Leroux Collection, Paris, his sale, Paris, Drouot, 13-18 April 1896, lot 731; A. Focque sale, Paris, Drouot, 4 May 1906, lot 103, illus.; J.L., sale, Paris, Drouot, 25-26 May 1932, lot 67(unsold); sale, Paris, 14 December 1932, lot 125 (attributed to Francois Watteau, sold 680 francs); sale, Paris, Drouot, 4 December 1933, lot 25, illus.; Baron Cassel Collection, Paris, his sale, Paris, Drouot, 24-25 March 1954, lot 39. Literature: Claude-Gerard Marcus,

*Francois Watteau, called Watteau de Lille (1758-1823)
an amorous couple on an elegant bed.
Signed: watteau fils.
Pen and black and brown ink and brown and gray wash.
Bears inscription on the back of the mount: Grave par Lecoeur 1788. Neant a la Requete
258 by 206mm.
Provenance:
Leroux Collection, Paris, his sale, Paris, Drouot, 13-18 April 1896, lot 731;
A. Focque sale, Paris, Drouot, 4 May 1906, lot 103, illus.;
J.L., sale, Paris, Drouot, 25-26 May 1932, lot 67(unsold);
sale, Paris, 14 December 1932, lot 125 (attributed to Francois Watteau, sold 680 francs);
sale, Paris, Drouot, 4 December 1933, lot 25, illus.;
Baron Cassel Collection, Paris, his sale, Paris, Drouot, 24-25 March 1954, lot 39.
Literature:
Claude-Gerard Marcus, 'Louis et Francois Watteau dits 'Watteau de Lille", in Arts et curiosite, vol.iii, May-July 1976, pp.15-16, no.9, fig.ii;
Gaetane Maes, Les Watteau de Lille, Paris 1998, p.493, no.FDD2, illus.
Maes (loc.cit.) cites two acquatints by Le Coeur of this composition with the title Neant a la Requete. Maes suggests the composition and handling are comparable to Francois' works of the 1780s, but lists the drawing under uncertain attributions because he has not seen the original.
*Francois Watteau, called Watteau de Lille (1758-1823)
an amorous couple on an elegant bed.
Signed: watteau fils.
Pen and black and brown ink and brown and gray wash.
Bears inscription on the back of the mount: Grave par Lecoeur 1788. Neant a la Requete
258 by 206mm.
Provenance:
Leroux Collection, Paris, his sale, Paris, Drouot, 13-18 April 1896, lot 731;
A. Focque sale, Paris, Drouot, 4 May 1906, lot 103, illus.;
J.L., sale, Paris, Drouot, 25-26 May 1932, lot 67(unsold);
sale, Paris, 14 December 1932, lot 125 (attributed to Francois Watteau, sold 680 francs);
sale, Paris, Drouot, 4 December 1933, lot 25, illus.;
Baron Cassel Collection, Paris, his sale, Paris, Drouot, 24-25 March 1954, lot 39.
Literature:
Claude-Gerard Marcus, 'Louis et Francois Watteau dits 'Watteau de Lille", in Arts et curiosite, vol.iii, May-July 1976, pp.15-16, no.9, fig.ii;
Gaetane Maes, Les Watteau de Lille, Paris 1998, p.493, no.FDD2, illus.
Maes (loc.cit.) cites two acquatints by Le Coeur of this composition with the title Neant a la Requete. Maes suggests the composition and handling are comparable to Francois' works of the 1780s, but lists the drawing under uncertain attributions because he has not seen the original.