Jean-Honoré Fragonard
L'Armoire (The Armoire)

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Artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard French, 1732–1806

CultureFrench

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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)

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

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ProvenancePrivate collection, Dallas; [Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints, Dallas, as of 2019]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
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

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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