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View of the Park in Saint-Cloud
View of the Park in Saint-Cloud
France · 1732–1806 · Brush and brown ink and brown wash
Scene in a Park
Scene in a Park
France, 18th century · c. 1760 · pen and brown and gray ink, brush and brown and gray wash, and traces of yellow watercolor over black chalk; framing lines in black ink
Orpheus and Eurydice (recto); Figure Studies (verso)
Orpheus and Eurydice (recto); Figure Studies (verso)
France, 18th century · c. 1761 · Black and gray chalks on cream laid paper
Arbor with Two Children (Le Nid d'Armour)
Arbor with Two Children (Le Nid d'Armour)
France · 1760–1806 · Red chalk on cream laid paper
Bacchanales: Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs
Bacchanales: Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs
France, 18th century · 1763 · etching
Bacchanales:  Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs
Bacchanales: Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs
France, 18th century · 1763 · etching
Nymph Riding on a Satyr's Back, from Bacchanales, or Satyrs' Games
Nymph Riding on a Satyr's Back, from Bacchanales, or Satyrs' Games
France · 1763 · Etching on ivory laid paper
Satyrs Dancing from Bacchanales, or Satyrs' Games
Satyrs Dancing from Bacchanales, or Satyrs' Games
France · 1763 · Etching on ivory laid paper
Nymph Sitting on the Hands of Two Satyrs from Bacchanales, or Satyrs' Games
Nymph Sitting on the Hands of Two Satyrs from Bacchanales, or Satyrs' Games
France · 1763 · Etching on ivory laid paper
Satyr's Family from Bacchanales, or Satyr's Games
Satyr's Family from Bacchanales, or Satyr's Games
France · 1763 · Etching on ivory laid paper
Fabius Maximus Before the Carthaginensis Senate
Fabius Maximus Before the Carthaginensis Senate
France · 1763–1764 · Etching on cream laid paper
Two Female Figures on a Cloud
Two Female Figures on a Cloud
France · 1763–1764 · Etching on ivory laid paper
The Feast of Anthony and Cleopatra
The Feast of Anthony and Cleopatra
France · 1763–1764 · Etching on ivory laid paper
The Swing
The Swing
Jean-Honoré Fragonard · 1767 · Wallace Collection
A young woman kicks off her slipper while her hidden lover peeks up her billowing dress — the jilted bishop pushing the swing behind her. The Baron de Saint-Julien commissioned it explicitly to stage this visual joke at his mistress's expense.
The Letter, or The Spanish Conversation
The Letter, or The Spanish Conversation
France · 1773–1783 · Brush and brown ink and brush and brown wash
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
France · 1773–1783 · Brush and brown ink and brown wash on ivory laid paper
The Funeral of Decius Mus
The Funeral of Decius Mus
France, 18th century · 1774 · brush and brown ink and wash over black chalk
Invocation to Love
Invocation to Love
France, 18th century · c. 1781 · Brush and brown wash with graphite squaring lines and underdrawing on cream laid paper