MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record 
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1933.806
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name:
Fragonard, Jean Honoré
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
French; 1732-1806
Creator Name-CRT:
Jean Honoré Fragonard
Title:
Benjamin Franklin
Title Type:
preferred
Title:
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Title Type:
alternate
Title:
Head of Benjamin Franklin
Title Type:
alternate
View:
full view
Creation Date:
=c. 1778 wkg HJ
Creation Start Date:
1768
Creation End Date:
1806
Materials and Techniques:
Medium: Brush and brown ink and brown wash, with traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper.Remarks: HJ felt that this was undoubtably done from Houden's bust dated 1778, the year BF visited Paris (SFM)Watermark present on secondary support (KB)
Classification Term:
ink or chalk wash
Classification Term:
Drawing
Classification Term:
Prints and Drawings
Creation Place:
Europe,France
Dimensions:
Height: 278 mm., Width: 239 mm.
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1933.806
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Charles Netcher as a memorial to Charles Netcher II
Inscriptions:
Inscription: B. Franklin l.l.
Rights:
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.D14122.tif

Head of Benjamin Franklin