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The Useless Resistance
ca. 1770
Artwork Viewer
Lively brushwork enhances the effect of spontaneous movement in Fragonard’s scene of a young woman in a state of undress about to strike a boy with a pillow. The narrative here does not match the title, which was assigned not by Fragonard but by the publisher of an early print after this composition. In that print, the boy at left is transformed into a winged putto—an emblem of love the girl cannot resist.
- Artist
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard
- Title
- The Useless Resistance
- Date
- ca. 1770
- Object Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- 9 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (24.1 x 32.4 cm)
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. E. John Magnin Gift
- Accession Number
- 63.33