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The Cupboard (L’Armoire)

1778
18th century
423 x 513 mm (16.7 x 20.2 in.)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French, (1732–1806)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper

State: Fourth of four states

Print impression quality: Very good

Marks: Signed in plate, lower left: “Fragonard 1778 Sculp. invenit”; inscribed, lower right: “A paris chez Naudet M d'Estampes Port au Bled”; inscribed, lower center: “L’Armoire”

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Prince of Liechtenstein, Vienna.

Bibliography: Wildenstein 23 iv/iv; Baudicour 2 iii/iii (vol. 1, p. 159); Carlson and Ittmann, cat. no. 76; Lawrence and Dighton 57 iv/iv; Rena M. Hoisington and Perrin Stein, “‘Sous les yeux de Fragonard’: The Prints of Marguerite Gérard," Print Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2 (June 2012), pp. 159 and following, plate 135 reproduces the Metropolitan Museum of Art impression of this print.

Credit Line: Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1963

Accession Number: 1963.35.1

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genre*, satire*, social satire

genre - Use for pictorial representations, which may be in various media, that represent scenes or events from everyday life; usually used with another term such as "paintings" or "prints." [April 1991 descriptor moved.]
satire - Artistic device holding up human folly and vice to scorn, derision, or ridicule. [November 1994 scope note added; related term added; alternate term added. May 1994 related term added.]
social satire

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plate Dimensions: 423 x 513 mm (16.7 x 20.2 in.)

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French, (1732–1806) . The Cupboard (L’Armoire), 1778. Etching on laid paper. Fourth of four states. plate : 423 x 513 mm (16.7 x 20.2 in.). DAC accession number 1963.35.1. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1963. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .

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