Farm Buildings beside a Waterway

ca. 1765–70

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 18 13/16 in. (35 x 47.8 cm)
Collection no.: 1972.118.212
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Farm Buildings beside a Waterway. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Farm Buildings beside a Waterway — Jean-Honoré Fragonard. ca. 1765–70.

Medium: Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash. Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 18 13/16 in. (35 x 47.8 cm).

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

Credit line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971.

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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