id:			149935
accession number:	1980.17
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.17
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The Funeral of Decius Mus, 1774. Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806), after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640). Brush and brown ink and wash over black chalk; sheet: 24 x 37.6 cm (9 7/16 x 14 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1980.17

title:				The Funeral of Decius Mus
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creation date:			1774
creation date earliest:		1774
creation date latest:		1774
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	brush and brown ink and wash over black chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: Ananoff 1098

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CREATORS

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

* Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640) 

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measurements: Sheet: 24 x 37.6 cm (9 7/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1980
	opening date:   1981-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

	title:		18th Century Master Drawings
	opening date:   1981-10-06T04:00:00
	<i>18th Century Master Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 6-November 22, 1981).

	title:		French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
	opening date:   1982-02-02T05:00:00
	<i>French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).

	title:		The Lessons of the Academy
	opening date:   1983-02-08T05:00:00
	<i>The Lessons of the Academy</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983).

	title:		French Drawings from the Collection
	opening date:   1994-12-13T05:00:00
	<i>French Drawings from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	H. Walferdin, Paris, France
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	Edmond Borthon, Baron de Dijon
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	Private Collection, Paris, France
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	Otto Wertheimer [c. 1878–1973/3] Paris, France
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	Galerie Les Tourettes, Basel, Switzerland
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	Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York, NY
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	Harriet Whitelaw-Griffin [d. 2018], New York, NY, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?–1980
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: January 30, 1980–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 216, no. 193; Reproduced: p. 190
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159730

	Stein, Perrin. "Originals, Copies, Mirrors, and Multiples." In <em>Fragonard: Drawing Triumphant: Works from New York Collections</em>. Perrin Stein, et. al., 47-69. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 61, fig. 51. Mentioned: p. 273, no.70
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	Prat, Louis-Antoine. <em>Le dessin français au XVIIIe siècle.</em> Paris: Louvre éditions: Somogy, 2017. p. 686
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 686, no. 1471
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