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Jean Dambrun after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names
Jean Dambrun

Artist, French, 1741 - 1808 or after

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

The image shows three figures: one seated and two others partially reclined on a bed. The standing figure is a woman leaning slightly forward from behind a curtain, observing the scene in the bed. She has long hair and wears a headscarf. The woman on the bed lies back with her head thrown back and mouth open. She has styled hair with curls and is wearing a long, flowing dress with ruffled sleeves. Next to her sits a man holding a piece of paper in one hand. He has short, wavy hair and wears a suit with stockings and shoes. The room is cluttered with items such as pots, a basket, an overturned chair, and scattered wooden boards. The walls are adorned with paintings and shelves holding various objects, suggesting a rural or rustic setting. Wooden beams can be seen on the ceiling.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving touched with China ink

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.160

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wolf 1949, no. 6, State b/e


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

Q65359530

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