A large original etching reproducing L'Etude by Jean-Honore Fragonard, the bright-eyed young woman bent over an open book, with the inscription "Musee du Louvre" printed below the image and a vignette of putti between the two titles.
A large original etching reproducing L'Etude by Jean-Honore Fragonard, the bright-eyed young woman bent over an open book, with the inscription "Musee du Louvre" printed below the image and a vignette of putti between the two titles.
Fragonard's original painting, also known as Le Chant, is in the Musee du Louvre and belongs to the series of "fantasy figures" painted with rapid brushwork about 1769, one of the artist's most celebrated groups.
Medium: etching on paper
Artist / after: Jean-Honore Fragonard
Engraver: A. Bellenger
Date: 19th century
Dimensions: Image 11.6 x 15.0 in (29.5 x 38 cm)
Condition: poor; paper heavily toned, with damp staining and pale splashes in the lower margin and the lower part of the image, and a horizontal crease visible in the detail