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Circle of Jean-Honoré Fragonard
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Description
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard
- a scene from the contes of lafontaine: le psautier
- pen and brown ink and wash, within black ink framing lines
Provenance
Dr. F. Pokorny, Vienna (L.2036);
Saam and Lily Nijstad, The Hague, inv. no. N 71
Catalogue Note
This is a copy after one of Fragonard's illustrations of the Contes of LaFontaine which tells the story of the nun, Isabelle, who defends herself to the abbess after being caught with a young man. For Fragonard's original, and a description of the scene, see Fragonard et le dessin français au xviiie siècle, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Petit Palais, 1992-93, p. 252, cat. no. 168.