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Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names
Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist, French, 1732 - 1806

This is a drawing with swirling, gestural lines and dramatic figures in a chaotic setting. The background is defined by shaded, dramatic strokes. The artist uses dark lines and sepia tones to evoke drama and tension within the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk, stumping, with brown and gray wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Edith G. Rosenwald

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 39.3 x 26.7 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.10.1

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1945

  • Mongan, Elizabeth, Philip Hofer and Jean Seznec. Fragonard drawings for Ariosto. New York, 1945: pl. 91.

1978

  • Williams 1978, no. 66.

2003

  • Dupuy-Vachey, Marie-Anne. Fragonard et le Roland Furieux. Paris, 2003: 270-271, 387, no. 122.

2009

  • Grasselli, Margaret Morgan. Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009: 210 (fig. 1), 212.

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q64581218

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