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La Sagesse
Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (French, 1781-1850)late 18th- early 19th century
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Fragonard’s grisaille drawing portrays a sculpted personification of Wisdom, identified by the inscription “Sagesse” along her forehead. She is seated on a stone throne, decorated with two other female personifications on either side. Characterized as a righteous woman, Wisdom lifts her right arm in an authoritative gesture while clutching her traditional attribute, a crown of stars, in her other hand.
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- Title: La Sagesse
- Creator: Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (French, 1781-1850)
- Date Created: late 18th- early 19th century
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 39.4 x 27.8 cm (15 1/2 x 10 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 39.6 x 28 cm (15 9/16 x 11 in.); Tertiary Support: 49.2 x 36.3 cm (19 3/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.47
- Medium: Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray and black washes
- Inscriptions: lower left corner, in graphite: Alex E. Fragonard, fils; lower center, in graphite: La Sagesse dessin de la Revolution, tertiary support: lower center, in brown ink: Alexandre Evariste FRAGONARD. / 1780.-1850., verso of support: lower right corner, in graphite: R49588 / 791.30
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 2018.47
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