The Love Letter

early 1770s

Dating: Within this decade
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 32 3/4 x 26 3/8 in. (83.2 x 67 cm)
Collection no.: 49.7.49
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jean-Honoré Fragonard. The Love Letter. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Love Letter — Jean-Honoré Fragonard. early 1770s.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 32 3/4 x 26 3/8 in. (83.2 x 67 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Jules Bache Collection, 1949.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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