Le gascon puni

Louis-Michel Halbou and Antoine-Jean Duclos after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names
Louis-Michel Halbou

Artist, French, 1730 - probably 1809

Antoine-Jean Duclos

Artist, French, 1742 - 1795

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

This image shows a scene with four individuals. There is a person partially lying on a bed, with their body extending towards two standing individuals beside the bed. The person on the bed has curly hair and is wearing a loose-fitting garment. Beside the bed, another person is dressed in a detailed gown, with elaborate hair adorned with accessories, accompanied by someone holding a torch. The fourth person is sitting upright in the bed, propped on one elbow, with tousled hair and wearing a similar garment as the person lying down. The setting includes a large, ornate canopy bed with heavy drapes and a high, decorated headboard, along with a framed painting in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.188

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wolf 1949, no. 15, State b/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

Q65361409

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