FRANÇOIS WATTEAU, DIT WATTEAU DE LILLE Valenciennes 1758 - 1823 Lille

Hubert, drunk, leaving the cabaret circa 1800 Walnut panel Inscribed on the back: Watteau de Lille 22 x 28 cm - 8 11/16 x 11 in. Hubert drunk, leaving the cabaret, panel PROVENANCE Probably Cailleux collection, Paris (1936); Private collection; Delarue collection, Etretat (1994); Acquired by current owner in 1996. BIBLIOGRAPHY Paul Marmottant, Notice historique et critique sur les peintres Louis et François Watteau, dits : Watteau de Lille, Paris, Plon, 1889, p. 61 (not illustrated); Gaëtane Mäes, Les Watteau de Lille. Louis Watteau (1731 - 1798). François Watteau (1758 - 1823), Paris, Arthena, 1998, pp. 384 - 385, no. FP90 (ill. and dated circa 1800, when the painting was probably exhibited); the author re-attributes it to François, not Louis. EXHIBITIONS 1800 (an VIII), Lille, no. 8 Sortie de cabaret Vraisemblablement 1936, Paris, no. 103 (as by Louis Watteau).