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An illustration portrays several figures standing in a tomb, as bright light shines on a skeleton laying on a mound of dirt.

An illustration portrays several figures standing in a stone tomb. The figures, four men and one woman, stand at the far left of the image. One man gestures to the skeleton laying on the mound of dirt. A bright light from a window on the right shines onto the skeleton. To the right are two rectangular structures, one with a large bowl on top of it.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
TL42416.3
People
Claude Mathieu Fessard, French (1740 - 1804?)
After Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris)
Title
Fragonard and Bergeret with Their Wives Visiting a Tomb in Pompeii
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1781
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371410

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 18.4 × 24.6 cm (7 1/4 × 9 11/16 in.)
sheet: 24.6 × 30.5 cm (9 11/16 × 12 in.)
frame: 31.8 × 39.4 cm (12 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ivan E. and Winifred Phillips in memory of Neil Phillips, 1999
Object Number
TL42416.3
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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