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Astolfo Sails off with Andronica and Sofrosina, early 1780s. Black chalk, with pen and brush and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper.
Black chalk, with pen and brush and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper · 39.3 × 26.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Astolfo Sails off with Andronica and Sofrosina
- Artist
- Jean-Honore Fragonard French, 1732–1806
- Date
- early 1780s
- Medium
- Black chalk, with pen and brush and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
- 39.3 × 26.7 cm (15 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1732–1806
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




