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Nov 14, 2012

The Funeral of Decius Mus

1774

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

(French, 1732–1806)

France, 18th century

Brush and brown ink and wash over black chalk

Sheet: 24 x 37.6 cm (9 7/16 x 14 13/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1980.17

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not on view

Provenance

H. Walferdin, Paris

Edmond Borthon, Baron de Dijon

Private Coll, Paris

Otto Wertheimer, Paris

Galerie Les Tourettes, Basel

Mr. and Mrs. B. Sonnenberg, NY

H. Walferdin, Paris; Edmond Borthon, Daron de Dijon; Private Coll., Paris; Otto Wertheimer, Paris; (Galerie Les Tourettes, Basel); Mr. and Mrs. B. Sonnenberg, NY

Citations

Stein, Perrin. "Originals, Copies, Mirrors, and Multiples." In Fragonard: Drawing Triumphant: Works from New York Collections. Perrin Stein, et. al., 47-69. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016. Reproduced: p. 61, fig. 51. Mentioned: p. 273, no.70

Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le dessin français au XVIIIe siècle. Paris: Louvre éditions: Somogy, 2017. p. 686 Reproduced: P. 686, no. 1471

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

18th Century Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 6-November 22, 1981).

French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).

The Lessons of the Academy. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983).

French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

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