Le cocu battu et content

Jean-Louis Delignon and Antoine-Jean Duclos after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Delignon

Artist, French, 1755 - c. 1804

Antoine-Jean Duclos

Artist, French, 1742 - 1795

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

The image depicts a woman standing to the right and a man bending forward to the left. The woman has one hand raised to her chin and the other holding a draped piece of fabric. She has styled hair adorned with flowers and delicate facial features. She wears an ornate dress with ruffles and lace. The man is dressed casually and wears a cap with a bow. He seems to be handling a striped fabric. In the background, there is a decorative folding screen with elaborate designs and another character partially hidden behind a curtain. A small dog rests on an ornate chair to the left. The setting shows an opulently furnished interior with patterned wallpaper and elegant drapery, along with a wall sconce with two candles.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching [rejected plate]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.156

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wolf 1949, no. 4, State A; a/b (rejected plate)


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

Q65359925

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