The Genius of Franklin (Au Génie de Franklin), by Marguerite Gérard, 1778
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The Genius of Franklin (Au Génie de Franklin)

Marguerite Gérard (French, 1761 - 1837)

artist after Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806)

1778

Medium
etching in brown ink on antique laid handmade paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 47.8 × 37.3 cm (18 13/16 × 14 11/16 in.) ; plate: 55.1 × 42.2 cm (21 11/16 × 16 5/8 in.) ; sheet: 62 × 44.5 cm (24 7/16 × 17 1/2 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
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

View at the National Gallery of Art