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Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs (Nymphe s'asseyant sur les mains de deux satyres)

1763

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist, French, 1732 - 1806

This is a drawing featuring a child surrounded by two faun-like creatures. In the center, a nude child is held upright by two satyr-like figures. The background is filled with foliage and rocks. The composition includes detailed line work and hatching.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.4362
Catalogue Raisonné

Wildenstein 1956, no. 3, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1957

The Printmaker: 1450-1950, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, 1957, unnumbered catalogue.

1965

Of Time and the Image: Three Periods of Change, Philadelphia College of Art, 1965-1966, no. 42.

Bibliography

1956

Wildenstein, Georges. Fragonard acquafortiste. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, 1956.

Wikidata ID

Q64959240

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