# Two Studies of a Seated Woman

- By: Jean Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes, 1684–1721)
- Date: 1709 - 1721
- Medium: paper, chalk
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 202 mm x width 339 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-1953-181--01378e127ef57a64e96cc7cd9f0a4a18)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/sKGIC/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)

Taking advantage of the sheet’s horizontal format, Watteau drew the same woman twice, shifting only his viewpoint and distance from the model. The complex folds of her dress are executed in a great economy of means – with nervous hatching and blank reserves. Watteau made hundreds of similar figure studies, which he often reused in his paintings.