The Disciples at the Tomb

1764

Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Jacopo Tintoretto

Associated Names
Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist, French, 1732 - 1806

Jacopo Tintoretto

Artist After, Venetian, 1518 or 1519 - 1594

The image shows four figures with their upper bodies depicted. One figure is in a sprawling position with arms spread and head turned to the left. The second figure has curly hair and is leaning on a stone surface with a hand on their chest. Another figure with a voluminous dress and head wrap leans down towards a seated person. The seated person looks up at the standing figure and wears loose draped clothing. The background has textured shading resembling clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kate Ganz

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.7 × 13.3 cm (6 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
    plate: 14 × 9.3 cm (5 1/2 × 3 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.131.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wildenstein 1956, no. 16, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    Etchings after Italian Masters

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1956

  • Wildenstein, Georges. Fragonard acquafortiste. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, 1956: no. 16, i/ii

Inscriptions

lower left in image: Eglise Saint Roch à Venise / Tintoret / frago sculp. 1764; by later hand, lower right in graphite: P. de B 18; by later hand, verso in graphite: suite d'après les Maitres Italiens / No. 8 / les Disciples au Tombeau / Frago s. / (18) / XVI

Wikidata ID

Q77007635

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