Seated Man Reading

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

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Artist: Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732–1806 Paris)
Date: 1774
Medium: Red chalk
Dimensions: 13 3/8 x 9 3/16 in. (34 x 23.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs and Mr. Peter G. Sachs, in memory of Miss Edith L. Sachs, 1978
Accession no.: 1978.516.1

Invocation to Love
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
c. 1781 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00000303
Portrait of a Man in Costume
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
c. 1767–68 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001370
The Departure by Coach
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
c. 1780–89 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002214
Arbor with Two Children (Le Nid d'Armour)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1760 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002254