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Etching of a kneeling woman and grieving man beside a sarcophagus under an arch, with a soldier holding a spear at right.

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Contes et nouvelles - La Matrone d' Ephèse, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This etching depicts a classical scene set beneath a stone arch, with a kneeling woman leaning over a grieving figure beside a sarcophagus. A helmeted soldier holding a spear stands at the right, while a reclining figure rests in the niche above and a smoking incense vessel sits on a pedestal. The work is attributed to Jean-Honoré Fragonard and titled Contes et nouvelles - La Matrone d' Ephèse.

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