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Alcina and Ruggiero confess their mutual passion - Fragonard
Image series :
Notice précédente Notice n°28 sur 52 Notice suivante
Date :
Between 1780 and 1785
Type of image :
Dessin à la pierre noire
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
39,4x26 cm
Topic :
Storage Location :
1954.0099
Description
The Saracen Rugiero is momentarily distracted from his passion for Bradamante by Alcina's charms. In the palace where loves flutter amid the clouds, Ruggiero and Alcina, seated on a kind of ottoman at the foot of which putti roll, give each other a rendezvous for the coming night. While Alcina, taking advantage of the interplay of secrets, whispers sweet nothings in Ruggiero's ear, Ruggiero surprises the intrusion of our spectatorial gaze into his intimacy, thematizing the voyeuristic intrusion constitutive of the scenic device.
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History :
2. Ancienne collection d'Hippolyte Walferdin, acquis auprès de Fragonard ?
Acheté par A.S.W. Rosenbach à Roederer en 1922.
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Technical Data
Notice #001097
Past ID :
A0416
Image editing :
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