The Husband-Confessor

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

Quick Overview

Artist: Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732–1806 Paris)
Date: ca. 1770
Medium: Brush and brown wash over light black chalk underdrawing
Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 5 9/16 in. (20.6 x 14.1 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession no.: 1974.356.44

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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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