Auction on
29 March 2022 - 10:30 (CEST) -
4, rue du Maréchal-Foch - 59100 Roubaix
This colorful work shows Louis-Joseph Watteau's successful combination of French Enlightenment painting with Flemish tradition.
Louis-Joseph Watteau, aka Watteau of Lille (1731-1798), Le Charlatan, 1777, panel signed and dated, 31 x 35 cm/12.2 x 13.8 in. Estimate: €6,000/9,000
Louis-Joseph Watteau, aka Watteau of Lille (1731-1798), Le Charlatan, 1777, panel signed and dated, 31 x 35 cm/12.2 x 13.8 in. Estimate: €6,000/9,000
A terrified man is having a tooth pulled by a white-clad doctor in a wide hat, while a figure perched on a platform harangues the crowd, and at his feet, a laughing monkey points to the comedy played out by the charlatan…
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