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

This image shows a group of individuals in an elaborate room. In the center, a woman sits on a fancy chair in an 18th-century style dress. Several men surround her, wearing luxurious period-appropriate clothing. One man kneels and kisses her hand, while two others lean over the chair and another sits nearby. A fifth man stands to the left, holding back a drape, dressed elegantly with a feathered hat and a cane. A small dog is on the floor in the foreground. The background features a decorative wall with a relief carving, lit candelabras, and ornate architectural elements like columns and high ceilings, emphasizing the setting's grandeur.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.158

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wolf 1949, no. 5, State b/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

Q65359779

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