# Sitting Couple [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WATTEAU, Antoine]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Red, black and white chalk on brownish paper, 241 x 349 mm ## Commentary Sitting Couple c. 1716 Red, black and white chalk on brownish paper, 241 x 349 mm Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles Watteau was a master of the technique called 'aux trois crayons' \('with three chalks'\), which means a drawing in black, red and white chalks, often carried out on tinted paper. The technique was applied in the early part of the 18th century. ## Related artworks - [A Halt During the Chase]() - [A Seated Woman]() - [Actors from the Comédie Française]() - [Actors of the Comédie-Française]() - [An Embarrassing Proposal \(detail\)]() - [An Embarrassing Proposal]() - [Back of Woman]() - [Cajoler]() - [Ceres \(Summer\)]() - [Chinese Musician and Chinese Woman]() - [Chinese Woman of Kouei Tchéou]() - [Diana at her Bath]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()