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Jean-Honoré Fragonard / The Model's First Sitting

The Model's First Sitting

1769 · Oil on canvas

A hesitant young model poses for the first time before an artist and his easel, a light-hearted scene of the studio at work.

MovementRRococo
LocationParis, France
Dimensions50 × 63 cm

Why it matters

An older woman presents a young model to a painter holding a brush. The scene can be compared to Fragonard's The Swing, in which an older man orchestrates an encounter.

Did you know?

  • It dates from around 1770.
  • Édouard André acquired it before his marriage.
  • It is in the Musée Jacquemart-André.

Based on the Wikipedia article The New Model (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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