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 image includes a circular frame with floral decorations and ribbons. Inside the frame, there are figures showing different body parts. On the left, a woman leans over a large trunk, holding a small child. The child, with curly hair, is shown gesturing with one arm raised. On the floor, another child with curly hair reaches towards the standing child. Next to them, an older woman sits, interacting with the children. In the background to the right, a shadowy figure holds a small child. The setting is a simple interior with objects like toys and pieces of cloth scattered around.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2323

  • 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

Q64960736

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