Artist
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)French, 1732–1806
CultureFrench
Titles
- L'Armoire (The Armoire)
Date1778
MediumEtching on laid paper, state II/IV
DimensionsPlate: 13 5/8 × 18 3/8 in. (34.6 × 46.6 cm)
Sheet: 17 × 22 1/4 in. (43.2 × 56.5 cm)
Sheet: 17 × 22 1/4 in. (43.2 × 56.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund, and Rodi and Robert J. Franco and Family
Object number2020.24
Not on view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, left bottom edge: fragonard 1778 Sculp. invenit
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, bottom center: L'ARMOIRE
Recto [of mat]: Inscribed in graphite, central right bottom edge: Jean-HONORé Fragonard 1732 – 1806 / L’ARMoiRe 1778 / Wildenstein XXIII, state ii/iv, before Naudet’s address
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, bottom center: L'ARMOIRE
Recto [of mat]: Inscribed in graphite, central right bottom edge: Jean-HONORé Fragonard 1732 – 1806 / L’ARMoiRe 1778 / Wildenstein XXIII, state ii/iv, before Naudet’s address
Watermark, at center: [Double-headed eagle with crown on top] (Heawood 1317, dated circa 1772 French)
Catalogue raisonnéWildenstein 23 [XXIII], state II/IV, before Naudet’s address added in reverse in state III and corrected in state IV; Baudicour 2; I.F.F. 22; Regency to Empire 76
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