Artist: Antoine Watteau
Artwork: The Italian Comedians
Description: This drawing is a preparatory sketch for the painting of the same name, now in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. The work represents a scene from the commedia dell’arte, a form of improvisational theater that was popular in Italy in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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