Saint Mark

1763/1764

Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Giovanni Lanfranco

Associated Names
Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist, French, 1732 - 1806

Giovanni Lanfranco

Artist After, Italian, 1582 - 1647

This is a drawing of figures in the clouds. The image shows several cherubic figures interacting with an older figure. They appear to float among swirling clouds. In the composition, the lines are delicate and fluid, capturing a sense of movement. A lion's head is depicted in the clouds in the lower section of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kate Ganz

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.6 × 14.4 cm (8 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.)
    plate: 11.6 × 9.1 cm (4 9/16 × 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.131.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wildenstein 1956, no. 7, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    Etchings after Italian Masters

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1956

  • Wildenstein, Georges. Fragonard acquafortiste. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, 1956: no. 7, ii/ii

Inscriptions

lower center in image: Lanfranc aux Sts Apôtres à Naples; lower right in image: frago; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Grun # 12 ii/ii; by later hand, lower right in graphite: s. Mark / aft. Lanfranco; by later hand, upper left verso in blue pencil: Fragonard; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 95 / 121/115/1/2

Wikidata ID

Q77007616

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