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Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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Brown wash drawing of a woman in flowing robes reaching toward a winged cupid statue on a pedestal among garden trees.

Invocation to Love

c. 1781

Brown wash drawing of a park with trees, a stone staircase and balustrade, and small figures near a pond with a boat.

Scene in a Park

c. 1760

Two sketches in graphite of mythological figures, a seated Orpheus with a lyre and a standing male nude with a sword.

Orpheus and Eurydice (recto); Figure Studies (verso)

c. 1761

Loose black chalk sketch of a seated nude man playing a lyre above a reclining figure on rocky ground.

Orpheus and Eurydice (recto)

c. 1761

Charcoal study of a standing male nude with overlapping sketched figures and limbs on pale paper.

Figure Studies (verso)

c. 1761

Brown wash drawing of children and women around a table, one frying fritters in a pan while a dog sits nearby.

Making Fritters (Les Beignets)

about 1782

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman seated on a bed looking toward a small dog on a stool.

Oh! If Only He Were as Faithful to Me

about 1770-1775

Pencil drawing of two draped women and a hidden figure walking through an oval woodland scene, set in a green and gold border

Allegory-Ingenius Love

1764

Red chalk drawing of dense trees and foliage with two small children beneath the branches, by Fragonard, 1760.

Arbor with Two Children (Le Nid d'Armour)

1760

Graphite drawing of a leafy garden courtyard with potted plants, a statue, and a seated draftsman sketching in the foreground

The Draftsman

1770s

Brown wash drawing of a sleeping woman in a pale gown in an armchair, with an easel and two watching women behind her.

The Dreamer

late 1770s

Grey and brown wash drawing of a park with trees, statues, and crowds of figures with parasols.

View of a Park

late 1770s

Sepia drawing of umbrella pines with a leaning trunk, small groups of figures on a lawn, and a pale villa behind.

Imaginary View of a Roman Villa

mid-1770s

Brown wash drawing of a funeral scene with a reclining body, armored warriors, mourners, and ornate architecture.

The Funeral of Decius Mus

1774

Wash drawing of children gathered at a table reading in a columned interior, with adults and a dog around them.

The Competition/Children's Scene: Contest or Instruction in Reading

1780

Sepia wash drawing of children feeding a donkey at an altar beside an ancient statue in a columned hall.

In front of an ancient statue children let a donkey eat from an altar

Brown ink and wash drawing of a white bull standing in a stable beside a dog, with hay and wooden beams.

White Bull and a Dog in a Stable

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man speaking with a seated young woman in front of two large urns.

A dwarf and a young woman in conversation

1774

Brown wash drawing of a tall cypress avenue leading to a terraced villa and staircase, with small figures on the path.

Cypress Avenue at the Villa d`Este in Tivoli

1774

Grey wash drawing of a hillside town view framed by an arch, with a tall tree, cypresses, figures and a grazing cow.

Cava Napoli

Brown wash drawing of a rider on a flying horse above clouds and rocky hills, with figures below.

Rinaldo, Astride Baiardo, Flies Off in Pursuit of Angelica

c. 1795

Pencil sketch of figures seated and standing around a dining table in a dim interior.

The Supper at Emmaus

1760/61

Pen and wash drawing of an ox cart stalled among a flock of sheep, with a dog and figures under a cloudy sky.

The Stalled Cart

1759

Pencil sketch of two muscular male figures in combat, one raising a club over a kneeling figure, with rocks and handwritten l

Hercules and Cacus, after Annibale Carracci, and the Destruction of Enceladus, after Agostino Carracci

1761

Brown wash drawing of steep-roofed farm buildings by a waterway, with a rowboat, jetty, trees and a distant round tower.

Farm Buildings beside a Waterway

ca. 1765-70

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated man in a turban and loose robes beside an open book.

The Sultan

n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of elegant figures in a columned interior, with a man drawing back a curtain and a dog.

The Husband-Confessor

ca. 1770

Red chalk drawing of an elderly man in a cap and coat, reading a paper held in his hands beside a draped cloth.

Seated Man Reading

1774

Drawing of a seated pope handing over a tiara to clergy, with a putto on steps below, in an oval composition.

Saint Celestine V Renouncing the Papacy, after Mattia Preti

1761

Sepia drawing of a garden with ruined classical columns, tall cypress trees, a lion fountain, statues and small walking figur

Roman Park with Fountain

1774

Pencil drawing of farm buildings and a water mill beside a stream, with wooded hills rising behind them.

Farm Buildings with Water Mill

n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a garden with tall pine trees, a ladder, statues, a balustrade, figures and cattle.

Gardens of an Italian Villa (Villa Medici?)

1773/1774