Allegory of the coronation of Louis XVI (Le Sacre de Louis XVI). 1776.

After the original by J.H. Fragonard.
Engraving, etching. 315×243.
The margins are cropped.
Under the image, on the left: Fragonard pinx.; right: Masquelier sc.
The title of the engraving was established on the basis of a comparison with similar engravings of Louis-Joseph Masquelier, stored in the National Library of France (Paris) and in the National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia). The engraving was made in collaboration with François-Denis Née. Variants of prints of this engraving with two signatures are more common.
Inv. G 555.
Literature: Catalog de la magnifique et précieuse collection de livres, manuscrits, dessins et estampes, formant le cabinet de Mr R. Brisart, rentier, à Gand. – Gand, 1849. – p.254, No. 1061.

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732, Grasse – 1806, Paris) – French artist, representative of the Rococo style.