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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
- 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.