Bibliothèque nationale. "Caylus, mécène du roi. Collectionner les antiquités au XVIIIe siècle". Cabinet des médailles, Paris. 17 December 2002 - 17 March 2003. Exhibition poster. 58x40cm. From a private collection

Friend of Watteau, Anne Claude de Caylus (1692-1765) was a famous scholar, archaeologist, collector, antique dealer and engraver. A pioneer of archaeology as a science, he bequeathed his collection of antiques to the Cabinet des médailles in 1762.