Harvard Art Museums > 1999.20: Blindman's Buff Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Blindman's Buff (François-Louis-Joseph Watteau (called Watteau de Lille)) , 1999.20,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 04, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/293888. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1999.20 People François-Louis-Joseph Watteau (called Watteau de Lille), French (Valenciennes 1758 - 1823 Lille) Title Blindman's Buff Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1790 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/293888 Physical Descriptions Medium Black and red chalk, traces of graphite, on two joined sheets of off-white antique laid paper Dimensions 35.2 x 45.1 cm (13 7/8 x 17 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Inscribed on the old mount, lower right, graphite: Watteau. Inscribed on verso of old mount, top, black chalk: Cabinet de M. Boudin-Gavet. Provenance Recorded Ownership History M. Boudin-Gavet. W. M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York. Jeffrey E. Horvitz. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz Accession Year 1999 Object Number 1999.20 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Master Drawings 1760-1890, auct. cat., W. M. Brady & Co., Inc. (New York, NY, Spring 1994), no. 5, repr. Ewa Lajer-Burcharth and Elizabeth M. Rudy, ed., Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2017), pp. 155, 160, 284, repr. p. 152 as fig. 1 Exhibition History Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/2017 - 05/07/2017 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu