May 02, 2017 - Sale 2445

Sale 2445 - Lot 219

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD
Danse de Satyres.

Etching, 1763. 143x214 mm; 5 3/4x8 1/2 inches, wide margins. Second state (of 2), with the number lower right. A very good impression of this scarce etching, with strong contrasts.

Gragonard (1732-1806) produced around 30 etchings between 1760 and 1778, many of wqhich were derived from paintings by Italian and French masters (like Tiepolo and Boucher) while others, like the current work, were likely inspired by the landscapes and gardens in and around the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, which Fragonard visited during his 1755-61 Italian sojourn. Wildenstein 4.