The Husband-Confessor

ca. 1770

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Brush and brown wash over light black chalk underdrawing
Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 5 9/16 in. (20.6 x 14.1 cm)
Collection no.: 1974.356.44
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

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

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Husband-Confessor — Jean-Honoré Fragonard. ca. 1770.

Medium: Brush and brown wash over light black chalk underdrawing. Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 5 9/16 in. (20.6 x 14.1 cm).

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

Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973.

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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