L'Air

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Artist/Maker	Huqier, Gabriel (Drawn)
Place of origin	France (Drawn)

The original Watteau drawing on which this design is based is untraced. The set of prints represented the four elements, and was registered under the title of 'Les quatre elemens. Estampes.' in the register of the Bibliothèque Royale on 23 September 1732.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	L'Air (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Black chalk and wash, the back prepared with red chalk for transfer
Brief description	L'Air. Preparatory drawing for an etching after a drawing by Antoine Watteau, about 1731, by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772)
Physical description	Drawing.
Dimensions	Height: 31.8cm Width: 25.7cm
Style	French School
Subject depicted	The Four Elements
Summary	The original Watteau drawing on which this design is based is untraced. The set of prints represented the four elements, and was registered under the title of 'Les quatre elemens. Estampes.' in the register of the Bibliothèque Royale on 23 September 1732.
Bibliographic references	Peter Fuhring Design into Art Drawings for Architecture and Ornament The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection, 1989, Vol. I, cat.61 p.113. E. Dacier and A. Vuaflart Jean de Julienne et les graveurs de Watteau au xviiie siecle, 1922, Vol III, No.17.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1942-1991

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Record created	March 4, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195990/lair-drawing-huqier-gabriel/

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