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Le cocu battu et content

Jean-Louis Delignon and Antoine-Jean Duclos after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names

Antoine-Jean Duclos

Artist, French, 1742 - 1795

Jean-Louis Delignon

Artist, French, 1755 - c. 1804

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

The image shows a woman and a man in elaborate historical attire. The woman stands on the right in a detailed gown, while the man on the left bends forward. In the background, a third person's head is visible behind curtains, with a small dog resting on a chair nearby. The setting is a luxurious room with patterned walls, heavy drapery, and an intricate chandelier hanging above.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and engraving
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1953.6.155
Catalogue Raisonné

Wolf 1949, no. 4, State d/d

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

Wolf, Edwin. Fragonard Plates for the "Contes et Nouvelles" of La Fontaine. New York: New York Public Library, 1949.

Wikidata ID

Q65359908

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