La gageure des trois commeres: La servante

Philippe Triere and Antoine-Jean Duclos after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names
Antoine-Jean Duclos

Artist, French, 1742 - 1795

Philippe Triere

Artist, French, 1756 - c. 1815

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

This is a drawing of an ornate bedroom scene. The image depicts an intricately detailed interior setting. A canopy bed with draped curtains is on the right side. Above the bed, a patterned frieze decorates the wall. An artwork in a frame hangs on the wall behind two figures engaged in a scene. The bed is luxurious and ornate with a detailed headboard and flowing canopy. The drawing captures an atmospheric sense of intimacy and a refined decorative style through attention to texture and light play.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.168

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wolf 1949, no. 9, State a/d


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

Q65364319

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