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The Muleteer, from "Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de P. Didot, l'an III de la République, 1795", Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Muleteer, from "Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de P. Didot, l'an III de la République, 1795"

Le Muletier, from "Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de P. Didot, l'an III de la République, 1795" (museum title)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French) (1732-1806)

Movement
Rococo
Date
1795
Medium
Etching; first state of three (Cohen)
Dimensions
32.7 × 25.3 cm
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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