Antoine Watteau: The Drawings

AntoineWatteau produced some of the most seductive drawings inWesternart.He is revered formastering the trois crayons technique, the subtlemanipulation and expert balancing of red, black and white chalks. This bookreproduces his finest examples, revealing the delicacy and freedomofexecution that so impressed early commentators and had such a profoundeffect on subsequent generations of artists, notably Francois Boucher andJean-Honorea Fragonard. Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat examinethesemasterly studies, focusing on the artists development as adraughtsman, the techniques that he perfected and the fascinating role thatdrawing played in his work.