La Sagesse (late 18th- early 19th century): Art, History and Details
La Sagesse at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 18th- early 19th century, Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray and black washes. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
La Sagesse (late 18th- early 19th century) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (French, 1781–1850).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Fragonard’s grisaille drawing portrays a sculpted personification of Wisdom, identified by the inscription “Sagesse” along her forehead. She is seated on a stone throne, decorated with two other female personifications on either side. Characterized as a righteous woman, Wisdom lifts her right arm in an authoritative gesture while clutching her traditional attribute, a crown of stars, in her other hand.
Object facts
- Title: La Sagesse
- Date: late 18th- early 19th century
- Creator attribution: Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (French, 1781–1850)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Type: Drawing
- Technique: Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray and black washes
- Dimensions: Sheet: 39.4 x 27.8 cm (15 1/2 x 10 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 39.6 x 28 cm (15 9/16 x 11 in.); Tertiary Support: 49.2 x 36.3 cm (19 3/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
- Collection: DR - French
- Department: Drawings
- Accession number: 2018.47
Collection credit
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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