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A Young Woman Seated on the Ground

ca. 1765-70
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Drawn in quick and confident strokes, this fashionably dressed young woman seated in a garden beside a basket of flowers appears lost in reverie. Fragonard presents her as an object for the viewer’s delectation. The drawing is unburdened by narrative, and details of setting and foliage are abstracted; the work’s real subject is the casual virtuosity of the artist. Sheets like this one were avidly sought after by collectors, and Fragonard seemingly spun them off with ease.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Young Woman Seated on the Ground
  • Artist: Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732–1806 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1765-70
  • Medium: Red chalk
  • Dimensions: 8 3/4 × 11 1/16 in. (22.2 × 28.1 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Morgan Library & Museum, New York (I, 289a)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints