The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 28, 2023

Cava Napoli

1700s or 1800s

attributed to Jean-Honoré Fragonard

(French, 1732–1806)

France, 18th or 19th century

Graphite, black chalk, and gray wash

Support: Cream(2) laid paper

Sheet: 37.2 x 23.9 cm (14 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

Gift of Alida di Nardo in memory of her husband, Antonio di Nardo 1956.603

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

[by artist?], upper left, in black chalk: Cava Napoli ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT (now removed except for fragment containing inscription): Etude par Fragonard / (alors prix de Rome.) / Collection Chardey

Provenance
Chardey
Chardey (not stamped, not in Lugt) (according to an inscription on verso of secondary support)
Exhibition history

none in wp file or departmental file

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1956.603