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 of a child being held up by two mythical creatures. The background features dense foliage, including large leafy plants and trees with textured bark. The ground is covered with twigs and rocks. The art piece uses intricate linework to convey details in the foliage and the fur of the creatures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2301

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wildenstein 1956, no. 3, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

Bibliography

1956

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

1996

  • Hults, Linda C. The Print in the Western World. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996, 352; fig.6.30, 354.

Wikidata ID

Q64959228

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