Antoine WATTEAU (Valenciennes 1684 - Nogent-sur-Marne 1721) The Wolf in Shepherd's Clothing, circa 1710 Sanguine. 9.3 x 15.8 cm Provenance : - Hôtel Drouot sale, Paris, June 13, 1959, no. 72, reproduced as Watteau with the note: "the drawing will appear in the supplement to the Catalogue de l'œuvre dessiné d'Antoine Watteau by K.T. Parker et J. Mathey"; 180000 francs). - Raoul Dastrac Collection (1891-1969). Bibliography : Pierre Rosenberg, Louis Antoine Prat, Antoine Watteau 1684-1721, Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Tome I, Leonardo Arte, n°78, reproduced. The presence of a monkey in the upper right-hand corner suggests that the drawing was originally part of a larger sheet, intended for a décor based on "singeries", and that the scene of the wolf disguised as a shepherd was only part of this project.