The Stubborn Donkey

1770

Jean-Claude-Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non

Artist, French, 1727 - 1791

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.4 × 27.2 cm (7 5/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 19.7 × 27.8 cm (7 3/4 × 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2019.23.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cayeux 1963, no. 112

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt); purchased by NGA, 2019.

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. 112

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Fragonard del.; lower right in plate: Saint Non Sc. 1770.

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