Add to Collection

Add this item to an existing or new collection.
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
R208NA
People
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris)
Title
Plate Four: Dancing Nymph Shaking a Sistrum at a Satyr Holding Two Babies
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Bacchanals
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/237671

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 14.6 x 20.7 cm (5 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Royal Print Cabinet, Berlin, Exchange for two prints, 1896.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bau. 9

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Royal Print Cabinet, Berlin
Object Number
R208NA
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

  • Pierre Rosenberg, Fragonard, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), pp. 154-157, cat. 70, repr. on p. 157 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]
  • Perrin Stein, Artists and Amateurs: Etching in 18th-century France, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 2013), cat. 104, p. 171 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Related Works

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu