The Arts and Sciences Honoring Their Protector Charles-Theodore, Count Palatine
Joseph FratrelWW-1777-160904
1777·Etching; first state·sheet: 18 3/16 x 10 1/2 in. (46.2 x 26.6 cm)
plate: 18 1/16 x 10 3/16 in. (45.8 x 25.9 cm)
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Catalogue
- Year
- 1777
- Medium
- Etching; first state
- Dimensions
- sheet: 18 3/16 x 10 1/2 in. (46.2 x 26.6 cm) plate: 18 1/16 x 10 3/16 in. (45.8 x 25.9 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Joseph Fratrel
Artist
Joseph Fratrel
Painting
Joseph Fratrel, was a distinguished painter and etcher in France. Born at Épinal in 1730, he was a scholar of Baudouin in Paris. He became court painter for King Stanislaus and the Elector-Palatine Charles Theodore: in the Darmstadt Museum is a portrait of the Electress. He died at Mannheim on May 15, 1783. The following are his best-known works:Joseph's Dream; after L. Krahe. The Miller's Son. St. Nicholas.
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- Joseph Fratrel
- Year
- 1777
- Medium
- Etching; first state
- Dimensions
- sheet: 18 3/16 x 10 1/2 in. (46.2 x 26.6 cm) plate: 18 1/16 x 10 3/16 in. (45.8 x 25.9 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1777-160904
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- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
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- Reference
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