This is a drawing of two seated figures with a table between them. The scene includes one figure on the left wearing armor, gesturing upwards, while the figure on the right holds an arm raised and wears a dress and a crown or headdress. Light, wispy lines above suggest ghostly or celestial figures hovering above them. The composition is delicately sketched in soft pencil lines, capturing the folds of fabric and the contours of the figures with light shading. The drawing conveys a narrative or interaction between the two central figures, engaged in a conversation or an exchange of significance.
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Olympia Tells Roland Her Sad Story

Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806)

1780s

Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 39.5 × 26 cm (15 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of Donald Stone
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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