Antoine WATTEAU (Valenciennes 1684 - Nogent-sur-Marne 1721) Study of La Polonaise en pied Sanguine over black pencil lines. (Insolate, stains). 14 x 9.2 cm Provenance : Georges Ryaux Collection, Paris. Bibliography: Pierre Rosenberg, Louis Antoine Prat, Antoine Watteau 1684-1721, Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Tome I, Leonardo Arte, n°27, reproduced. Engraved as a counterpart by J. Audran for the Figures de différents caractères under no. 319 (fig. 27 see opus quoted above; but see also no. 28) and, also as a counterpart by Caylus in the Suite de figures inventées par Watteau..., under no. 1, with the letter "Gulboé". A proof of the latter engraving is preserved in the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal's copy of Figures de différents caractères (see opus cited supra fig.27b).