Saint Celestine V Renouncing the Papacy, after Mattia Preti, 1761, Black chalk, over a black chalk counterproof, 7 11/16 x 7 5/8 in. (19.5 x 19.3 cm.), Drawings, Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732–1806 Paris), After Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese) (Italian, Taverna 1613–1699 Valletta), In March 1761, just before returning to Paris from a five-year stint as a pensioner at the French Academy in Rome, Fragonard was sent to Naples by his friend and patron, Jean-Claude-Richard, the abbé de Saint-Non (1727–1791), to make copies after works of art
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Saint Celestine V Renouncing, Papacy, Mattia Preti, 1761, Black chalk, black chalk counterproof, 7 11/16 x 7 5/8, 19.5 19.3 cm, Drawings, Jean Honoré Fragonard, French, Grasse, 1732–1806, Paris, After Mattia, Il Cavalier Calabrese, Italian, Taverna, 1613–1699, Valletta, March, returning, five-year stint, pensioner, French Academy, Rome, Fragonard, Naples, friend, patron, Jean-Claude-Richard, abbé de, Saint-Non, 1727–1791, copies, works, art
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