La matrone d'Ephese

1793

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

This is a drawing of a scene in an interior setting. The image depicts figures in robes and classical architecture. An arched ceiling frames the upper part of the drawing, where a reclining figure is positioned over a decorative pedestal or monument. In the foreground, there are two figures; one is offering a tray and appears to be a helmeted soldier, while another figure is kneeling and attending to a resting figure on a stone or altar. The rendering is detailed, with attention to the drapery of the clothing, expressions of the figures, and ornate architectural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.213

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wolf 1949, no. 24, 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

Q65359945

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