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accession number: 1980.17
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The Funeral of Decius Mus, 1774. Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806). 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
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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
Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
title: 18th Century Master Drawings
opening date: 1981-10-06T04:00:00
18th Century Master Drawings. 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
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: The Lessons of the Academy
opening date: 1983-02-08T05:00:00
The Lessons of the Academy. 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
French Drawings from the Collection. 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.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (1981).
page number: p. 216, no. 193, repr. p. 190
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159730.
Stein, Perrin. "Originals, Copies, Mirrors, and Multiples." In Fragonard: Drawing Triumphant: Works from New York Collections. 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. Le dessin français au XVIIIe siècle. Paris: Louvre éditions: Somogy, 2017. p. 686
page number: Reproduced: P. 686, no. 1471
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IMAGES
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