A Boy in a Red-lined Cloak
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
unframed: 20.8 × 16 cm · framed: 36 × 27 × 3.5 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey
Accession Number
1942.49
Tags
male
About this artwork
In the course of his long career, Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings. In this particular painting, the seventeenth-century costume, the brown palette, and his technique suggest that Fragonard is reflecting upon the work of Peter Paul Rubens and Rembrandt rather than his teacher François Boucher. While there is considerable evidence that the sitter is Alexander Evariste Fragonard, the artist's son, this identity has never been confirmed.