1778
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Tax Collectors (Les traitants) is a 1778 ink by Jean Honoré Fragonard, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three people in a tense moment. The man on the left, wearing a hat and heavy coat, stands with his arm around a woman dressed in a long cloak. She holds something in her hands while looking down. An older man sits in the background, pointing at them with one hand near his face. The artist used quick, rough lines to show urgency and drama. The scene looks like a confrontation, maybe about money or blame. Next, look up etching to see how artists like this made prints with acid and needles.
Jean-Honoré Fragonard was born on 5 April 1732 in Grasse, the son of a glover, and moved with his family to Paris in 1738.
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