DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

An Old Man with Two Children

18th-19th century

Artists

Alexandre-Evariste FragonardArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown wash over graphite on heavy cream wove paper

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

7.8 × 11.8 cm (3 1/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Chandler collection. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

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