DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

Study of Kneeling Women

18th-19th century

Artists

Hubert RobertArtist

Francesco SolimenaArtist after

Jean-Honoré FragonardPrevious attribution

Description

This drawing is after a painting by Francesco Solimena in the Abbey of Monte Cassino.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, framing lines in black ink

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.6 x 17.7 cm (6 1/8 x 6 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966, inv. no. 1966.7

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