Mucius Scaevola

1763/1764

Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist, French, 1732 - 1806

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist After, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

The image features a soldier in traditional armor and a helmet standing in the foreground. The soldier faces three seated figures draped in flowing garments on an elevated platform. The figures appear to be engaged in a discussion or judgment scene. The background shows a grand architectural arch. The details are finely rendered with attention to textures of clothing and architecture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kate Ganz

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.5 × 11.3 cm (6 1/2 × 4 7/16 in.), cut within platemark

  • Accession Number

    2014.131.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wildenstein 1956, no. 13, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    Etchings after Italian Masters

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1956

  • Wildenstein, Georges. Fragonard acquafortiste. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, 1956: no. 13, i/ii

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Tiepolo Palais Delphino Venise; lower right in plate: frago [partially scraped away?]; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: P837 / 173-89-060

Wikidata ID

Q77007621

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