id: 157332 accession number: 1994.196 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.196 updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:52.935000 The Cupboard, 1778. Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806). Etching; sheet: 39.1 x 52.3 cm (15 3/8 x 20 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund 1994.196 title: The Cupboard title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1778 creation date earliest: 1778 creation date latest: 1778 current location: creditline: Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 18th century technique: etching department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Wildenstein 23 ; Baudicour 2 --- CREATORS * Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 39.1 x 52.3 cm (15 3/8 x 20 9/16 in.) state of the work: W. I/IV ; B. I/III edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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). title: Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings opening date: 2016-07-16T04:00:00 Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Fragonard designed this popular etching to delight his viewers, who spy on the dramatic scene like the eavesdropping servants in the background. A maiden weeps as her boyfriend, caught hiding in a wardrobe, sheepishly faces the girl’s angry parents. Rumpled bed sheets and the position of the hat give away the passionate activities of the young lovers. Comically, the hat with a broad ribbon held by the boy belongs to his girlfriend. His plain hat with a buttoned-up brim hangs in the cupboard. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, “New Acquisitions Enter the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection,” February 14, 1995, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr3939/page/n1 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.196/1994.196_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.196/1994.196_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.196/1994.196_full.tif