Lot no. 1505
Fragonard, Honoré
Danse de satyres. 1763. etching on laid paper. 13 x 20 cm (18 x 23.7 cm). Signed "Frago" in the plate. Mounted in dots on support and under passepartout.
Wildenstein 2 - Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996.328.4 - First impression still without the numbering lower right. - Jean-Honoré Fragonard created the depictions of the nymphs and satyrs a few years after his return from several years of study in Italy. They were based on drawings he had made of relief sculptures in the collection of the Villa Mattei in Rome. - With inconspicuous, superficial soiling, slightly irregularly trimmed. Good overall. Splendid, differentiated impression with pronounced burr effect.
Etching on laid paper. Signed in the plate "Frago". Spot-mounted to backing and under mat. - First printing state still without the numbering at bottom right. - Jean-Honoré Fragonard worked on the depictions of the nymphs and satyrs a few years after returning from several years of study in Italy. They were based on drawings he had made of relief sculptures in the collection of the Villa Mattei in Rome. - With inconspicuous, superficial soiling, slightly irregularly trimmed. Good overall. Splendid, differentiated impression with pronounced burr effect.
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