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Annette a l'age de vingt ans (Annette at the Age of Twenty Years)

1772

François Godefroy, after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names

François Godefroy

Artist, French, 1743 - 1819

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

The image shows a pastoral scene with grazing sheep in the foreground, a man and a woman sitting among boulders in the middle ground, and distant trees and hills under a cloudy sky in the background. The etching technique creates detailed texture using fine lines and cross-hatching. The color palette is monochromatic in varying shades of sepia.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Widener Collection
Accession Number

1942.9.2299
Catalogue Raisonné

Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 2

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1880

Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.

Wikidata ID

Q64958994

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