Le mari confesseur

Jean-Baptiste Tilliard and Antoine-Jean Duclos after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names
Antoine-Jean Duclos

Artist, French, 1742 - 1795

Jean-Baptiste Tilliard

Artist, French, 1740 - 1813

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

The image shows a group of five people in an ornate interior. A woman is seated in the center, with a man kneeling and kissing her hand. Two men are seated to her right, engaged in conversation, and another man stands by the doorway holding a curtain open. All are dressed in elaborate 18th-century attire. In the foreground, a small dog is present, and the background features grand architectural elements including tall columns, a decorative wall, and portraits.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.157

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wolf 1949, no. 5, State a/c


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

Q65359776

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