Frontispiece to Moliere's "Sganarelle, ou le Cocu Imaginaire" (The Imaginary Cuckold)
Medium
Engraving; second state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. (13.7 x 8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(255)
Tags
MenWomenDogs
About the Artist
William Hogarth|John Vandergucht|Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière · 1697–1764
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and pictorial satirist who became the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Born into poverty in London, the son of a failed schoolmaster who was imprisoned for debt, Hogarth's early experiences with the harsh realities of 18th-century urban life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. After apprenticing with si...