Art, literature & history
An Allegory of Charity
ca.1770–90
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash
- Dimensions
- sheet: 5 11/16 x 7 13/16 in. (14.4 x 19.8 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2012.98.6
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jean Jacques Lagrenée II. An Allegory of Charity. Jean Jacques Lagrenée II; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Anna Mont, in memory of Frederick Mont, 2010. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
An Allegory of Charity — Jean Jacques Lagrenée II. ca.1770–90.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash. Dimensions: sheet: 5 11/16 x 7 13/16 in. (14.4 x 19.8 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Bequest of Anna Mont, in memory of Frederick Mont, 2010.
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.