Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Scene from Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso": Rodomonte and Mandricardo State their Case before Agramante
Artist
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)French, 1732–1806
CultureFrench
Titles
- Scene from Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso": Rodomonte and Mandricardo State their Case before Agramante
Date1780s
PlaceFrance
MediumPen, wash over chalk, on cream laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (39.4 × 26 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by General and Mrs. Maurice Hirsch
Object number78.64
Non exposé
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibited: "Eighteenth- Century French Book Illustration: Drawings by Fragonard and Gravelot," The Rosenbach Museum and Library, Phildelphia, PA, 15 May - 28 July 1985; The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston TX, 27 October - 1 December 1985 (LN:85.20)
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