’Three Studies of the Head of a Black Youth’ by Jean-Antoine Watteau

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Three studies of a young boy's head are drawn in black and red chalk on pale paper, shown from different angles, with one head turned in profile and wearing a cap.

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Date

1863

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Public domain

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