Dramatic Scene with Monks in a Crypt

Quick Overview

Artist: Alexandre Evariste Fragonard (French, Grasse 1780–1850 Paris)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 28 5/8 x 35 7/8 in. (72.7 x 91.1 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: The Whitney Collection, Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003
Accession no.: 2003.42.30

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Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011339
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Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011697
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00024577

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.