Cleveland Museum of Art
La Sagesse
Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard
- Date
- late 18th- early 19th century
- Medium
- Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray and black washes
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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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