Studie einer sich umwendenden Frau, before 1730

About the Work

The painter Nicolas Lancret admired Antoine Watteau and imitated both his style and his motifs. Here, for example, he used the trois-crayons technique so typical of Watteau to depict a lady immersed in thought. Her lids lowered, she gazes pensively over her shoulder, her right hand raised to her chin. The sheet was considered a work by Watteau until it was found to correspond to a painting by Lancret.