Le Petit prédicateur

1791

Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names
Nicolas Delaunay

Artist, French, 1739 - 1792

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

The artwork depicts several individuals shown from head to toe. At the center, a small child is standing on a raised platform or box, reaching toward the left with curly hair. Nearby, a woman is kneeling, looking at the child with another young child seated opposite her. Another woman beside the platform is leaning in, with her hair wrapped and covered. On the far right, a man sits with a child lying on his lap. The figures are in a domestic setting, surrounded by open books, scrolls, and a hat on the floor. The background showcases raised brick patterns and flowing drapery, with a circular garland of leaves framing the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2322

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 14


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1880

  • Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.

1987

  • Taylor, Sean J. "Pendants and Commercial Ploys: Formal and Informal Relationships in the Work of Nicolas Delaunay." Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschicte 50, no 4(1987): 509-538.

Wikidata ID

Q64960735

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