Detail View: The AMICA Library: Head of Benjamin Franklin

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