Landscape with an Old Woman Holding a Spindle, after Domenico Campagnola

Antoine Watteau|Domenico Campagnola

ca. 1715 · Red chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink · Drawings and Prints

A wealthy banker, Pierre Crozat (1661-1740) was one of the foremost collectors of drawings in the eighteenth century. He befriended Watteau, offering him commissions, housing, and access to his collection. Watteau was entranced with the sixteenth-century Venetian landscape drawings he found there and copied many of them. In this case, the original drawing by Domenico Campagnola (1500–1564) is also in the collection of the Museum (1972.118.243). Although he is faithful to Campagnola's composition, Watteau substituted his preferred medium, red chalk, for the Venetian's pen and brown ink.

Artist

Antoine Watteau|Domenico Campagnola

Date

ca. 1715

Medium

Red chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971