AT-00020424
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Young Father Distressed by His Growing Family
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Louis Joseph Watteau, called Watteau de Lille (French, Valeciennes 1731–1798 Lille)
- Date
- 18th century
- Medium
- Pen and brownish-gray ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk. A horizontal strip 1.5 cm in height has been added at lower margin and the drawing continued in the same hand.
- Dimensions
- 14 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (36.5 x 22.6 cm)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawings
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs and Mr. Peter G. Sachs, in memory of Miss Edith L. Sachs, 1978
- Accession no.
- 1978.516.3
Provenance
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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00020424
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