id:			74614
accession number:	2019.254
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.254
updated:		2025-02-08 21:57:44.635000

François I Brandishing a Sword, c. 1815–30. Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (French, 1781–1850). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash with graphite underdrawing and white and yellow gouache heightening on wove paper; sheet: 16.9 x 12.2 cm (6 5/8 x 4 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2019.254

title:				François I Brandishing a Sword
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creation date:			c. 1815–30
creation date earliest:		1810
creation date latest:		1835
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash with graphite underdrawing and white and yellow gouache heightening on wove paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (French, 1781–1850)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 16.9 x 12.2 cm (6 5/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
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	inscription:	on verso at left margin, in pencil: no 36 / Fragonard fils / 200F
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	inscription:	at upper right, in pencil: 82/24
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Carl Robert Rudolph [c. 1884-1974], London, United Kingdom
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	(Jan Milner, New York, NY)
	date: 1979
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	Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH
	date: 1979-2008
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 2, 2019
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