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A Man Leaning Against a Pillar, from the Figures de modes
A Man Leaning Against a Pillar, from the Figures de modes

A Man Leaning Against a Pillar, from the Figures de modes

Primary (Valenciennes, France, 1684–Paris, France, 1721)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Datecirca 1709-1710
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 8 7/8 × 5 11/16 in. (22.5 × 14.5 cm)
Additional Dimension: 4 11/16 × 2 15/16 in. (11.9 × 7.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.704
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.704
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Label Text
The Figures de modes render costumes in fashion during the last years of Louis XIV’s reign. This kind of print had been popular in seventeenth-century France. The series, originally composed of seven plates, was etched by Watteau himself in a very free hand, then developed with burin by Thomassin. First issued before 1710 in very small number, the series would appear in four more editions, including Julienne’s collection.
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