id:			74614
accession number:	2019.254
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.254
updated:		2022-10-28 19:55:53.939000

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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inscriptions:

	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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fun fact: 
Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard was the son of the famous painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard, but developed a very different artistic style than his father.

digital description: 
Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard developed a dramatic, narrative style of drawing that was well suited for illustration, and this sheet may have been one such design. Like many of his contemporaries, Fragonard was interested in modern history, focusing on important figures of the recent past. Here, he likely depicted the French king François I (1494–1547), a frequent subject of his work.

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