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Belphegor

1794

Charles Emmanuel Patas and Antoine-Jean Duclos after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names

Antoine-Jean Duclos

Artist, French, 1742 - 1795

Charles Emmanuel Patas

Artist, French, 1744 - 1802

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

This is a drawing of a rustic interior scene with a lively interaction among animals and objects. The illustration includes a small dog at the center of the scene. Objects are scattered on the floor, and birds perch on a suspended rod. Earthenware pots are visible, and the open window shows architectural structures in the distance.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and engraving
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1953.6.218
Catalogue Raisonné

Wolf 1949, no. 25, State c/e

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

Q65222148

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