Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD
Grasse 1732 – Paris 1806
Holy hermit in the desert
Etching after François Boucher
229 × 158 mm, narrow margins, good side margins
Fine and rare impression, with a slight press crease and a tiny stain along the top edge.
On the reverse, a small tear in the right margin, a tiny ink stain in the upper margin visible on the obverse.
Fragment of a countermark.
References: Richard [Boucher] 1018, Wildenstein 1, Le Blanc 10
The drawing on which this print is based is housed at the National Gallery in Ottawa (A.n. 6888).