The image depicts a woman and a man in an intimate domestic setting. The woman is standing slightly forward while the man is seated on a sofa, reaching out to embrace her. The woman's face is turned slightly to the side, showing delicate features and styled hair. She is wearing an elaborate dress, typical of 18th-century fashion. The man has a similar hairstyle and is dressed in a suit. The room is decorated with a carved wooden desk, framed artworks, a small dog, and scattered flowers.
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The image depicts a woman and a man in an intimate domestic setting. The woman is standing slightly forward while the man is seated on a sofa, reaching out to embrace her. The woman's face is turned slightly to the side, showing delicate features and styled hair. She is wearing an elaborate dress, typical of 18th-century fashion. The man has a similar hairstyle and is dressed in a suit. The room is decorated with a carved wooden desk, framed artworks, a small dog, and scattered flowers.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A femme avare galant escroc

Jacques Aliamet and Antoine-Jean Duclos after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Medium
etching
Classification
Print
Accession number
1953.6.182
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Fragonard plates for "Contes et nouvelles" by La Fontaine

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Door
  • interior
  • architecture
  • Woman
  • Man
  • furniture

NGA object ID 42736. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.