Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
God the Father and the Prophet Joel

God the Father and the Prophet Joel

1732 - 1806

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

French

At the top of the page is God the Father creating the sun and moon, copied from Michelangelo's fresco in the Sistine Chapel; at the bottom of the page is the Prophet Joel, also copied from the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink

Drawings