Joconde

c. 1766-1772

Jean-Claude-Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non, after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names
Jean-Claude-Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non

Artist, French, 1727 - 1791

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

The image shows a room with three people. One person is seated on the edge of a bed, holding onto fabric. Another person in a gown is leaning forward, while the third person is lying in the bed. Two dogs are visible on the floor. The room has draped curtains, and there are some objects on the left side. The image is in a monochrome, sketch-like style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Christopher Mendez

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.1 x 14.9 cm (8 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.9 x 17.2 cm (9 13/16 x 6 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.44.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cayeux 1963, no. undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Librairie Pierre Berès, Paris?). Christopher Mendez, London; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Cayeux Jean de. "Introduction au catalogue critique des griffonis de Saint-Non." Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français, 1963: pp. 297-384. Paris: F. de Nobele, 1964. Separately published. Paris Librairie Armand Colin, 1964: no. undesc.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right below image in graphite: gv (erased)

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q75424585

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