Title Page: Oval Design from the Church of San Michele de Bosco, Bologna

1772

Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non after Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Carlo Cignani

Associated Names
Jean-Claude-Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non

Artist, French, 1727 - 1791

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

Carlo Cignani

Artist After, Italian, 1628 - 1719

This is a drawing of two cherubic figures holding a curtain to reveal a large oval inscription. The drawing shows two child-like figures, one on either side of an oval-shaped frame with written text inside. The figures are holding up draped fabric, as if unveiling or presenting the central inscription. The scene is rendered in monochromatic tones with attention to line and shading, suggesting depth and texture in the fabric and the figures. The overall composition suggests a sense of formality. The details are stylized, emphasizing the curvature and posture of the cherubic figures and the flow of the draping.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching [counterproof] with sepia wash

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.868

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cayeux 1963, no. 169, undesc. proof


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1956

  • Wildenstein, Georges. Fragonard acquafortiste. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, 1956.

1963

  • Cayeux Jean de. "Introduction au catalogue critique des griffonis de Saint-Non." Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français, 1963: pp. 297-384. Paris: F. de Nobele, 1964. Separately published. Paris Librairie Armand Colin, 1964: no. 169, undesc. proof

Inscriptions

Cp in brown wash: Racolt / di g______ i P__s / famili che le / Vedute nella / Cite / di Bologna / 1770; ll in brown wash: Carlo / Cignani / eglise de * de St Michel / in bosco e bologne;lC in brown wash: fragonard

Wikidata ID

Q65510064

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