id: 106145
accession number: 1924.251
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Bacchanales: Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs, 1763. Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806). Etching; sheet: 13.3 x 20 cm (5 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.251
title: Bacchanales: Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs
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creation date: 1763
creation date earliest: 1763
creation date latest: 1763
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creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture: France, 18th century
technique: etching
department: Prints
collection: PR - Etching
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Wildenstein III ; Le Blanc 18 : Portalis & Beraldi II.210.1
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CREATORS
* Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 13.3 x 20 cm (5 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Miscellaneous Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collections
opening date: 1924-06-23T04:00:00
Miscellaneous Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 23-October 23, 1924).
title: Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1934-06-05T04:00:00
Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 5-September 12, 1934).
title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00
Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
title: Neo-classicism: Style and Motif
opening date: 1964-09-23T04:00:00
Neo-classicism: Style and Motif. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
title: French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
opening date: 1982-02-02T05:00:00
French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).
title: Real Prints: Reproduction or Invention
opening date: 1987-04-07T04:00:00
Real Prints: Reproduction or Invention. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-May 17, 1987).
title: Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints
opening date: 2001-08-26T00:00:00
Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01. "Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19th-Century French Prints".
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PROVENANCE
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The set of Bacchanales was made two years after Fragonard returned from a trip to Italy where he studied Roman antiquities. However, these light-hearted vignettes owe more to the effervescent aspects of the 18th-century Rococo period than to a serious understanding of antiquity and Roman art. Fragonard's black chalk drawing for Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs—after a marble bas-relief then in the Villa Mattei in Rome—and two other studies for these etchings still exist. Although this is one of Fragonard's earliest prints, it shows that he had already mastered the process: the etched lines effectively suggest the weight and movement of the figures and also provide a uniform system of light and shading for the decorative backdrop of foliage.
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RELATED WORKS
id: 170456
Bacchanales: Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs , 1763. Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806). Etching; sheet: 15.1 x 21.3 cm (5 15/16 x 8 3/8 in.); image: 13.3 x 19.8 cm (5 1/4 x 7 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2012.64.1
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