1730
oil
canvas
From the collection of Ashmolean Museum
The Theft of the Watch is a 1730 oil by William Hogarth, a Rococo painting work, held at Ashmolean Museum.
This painting shows a group of people in old-fashioned clothes, with a man in a red coat standing out. The scene is set indoors, with a dark background and a few objects scattered around. A woman in a green dress is holding a pocket watch, while another woman in a white dress looks on. The man in the red coat seems to be trying to take the watch from the woman. If you're interested in learning more about this style of painting, you might want to look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, satirist, cartoonist and writer.
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