![Young Lady with Harlequin and Five Characters from the Commedia dell'Arte [Voulez-vous triompher des belles?], after Jean-Antoine Watteau](/internal/media/dispatcher/16545/preview)
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Young Lady with Harlequin and Five Characters from the Commedia dell'Arte [Voulez-vous triompher des belles?], after Jean-Antoine Watteau
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Henri-Simon Thomassin
(Paris, France, 1687–1741)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1725
MediumEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 18 13/16 × 14 in. (47.8 × 35.5 cm)
Additional Dimension: 15 15/16 × 10 11/16 in. (40.5 × 27.1 cm)
Additional Dimension: 15 15/16 × 10 11/16 in. (40.5 × 27.1 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2006.94
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2006.94
On View
Not on viewThomassin’s engravings offer the most sensitive translation of the subtle tones, shimmering materials and fleeting mood in Watteau’s paintings. This plate reproduces a famous composition in the Wallace Collection, London.
Exhibitions
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![L'Enseigne de Gersaint [Gersaint's Shopsign], after Jean-Antoine Watteau](/internal/media/dispatcher/10941/thumbnail)
Pierre-Alexandre Aveline
1732