# Two Studies of a Dancer, Raising Her Skirt in Her Two Hands

- By: Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721)
- Date: 1712/13
- Medium: Red chalk on cream laid paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 17.6 × 13.3 cm (6 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Regenstein Collection Endowment
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/158393)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f8da48fd-068e-8853-f9c8-beee6ed4c631/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Art Institute boasts a small but choice selection of drawings by Antoine Watteau. This early example of his virtuoso draftsmanship in red chalk reflects his intimate knowledge of elegant materials and costumes, made famous in his print series the Figures de modes (Figures of Fashion). The spontaneity of the artist’s method is suggested in the pentimenti (changes to the composition) in the woman’s face.

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