Rinaldo is Welcomed by the Monks

1780s

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names
Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist, French, 1732 - 1806

The sketch depicts several figures engaged in conversation. The central figure, wearing a crown and a robe, is seated to the left, facing others. Other figures, also wearing robes, are gathered around. The setting includes arches and ornate vaulted ceilings. The sketch has a soft, unfinished quality with light shading and faint linework, and the paper grain texture is visible in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Donald Stone

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 38.2 × 23.9 cm (15 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.40.54

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Donald Stone, New York [1942 - 2020

Associated Names

Bibliography

1945

  • Mongan, Elizabeth, Philip Hofer, and Jean Seznec. Fragonard: Drawings for Ariosto. New York, 1945: 26

2003

  • Dupuy-Vachey, Marie-Anne. Fragonard et le Roland Furieux. Paris, 2003:

Watermarks

star in a crowned circle with shell countermark

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