The Raised Chemise Explained

The Raised Chemise or The Shift Withdrawn (La Chemise enlevée ) is a small c.1770 oil-on-canvas painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, now in the Louvre in Paris, to which it was left by Dr Louis La Caze in 1869.^[1] Its earlier but similarly small pendant Fire to the Gunpowder (Le Feu aux poudres) was in Carlos de Beistegui's collection and is now also in the Louvre.^{[2] [3]}

It was exhibited in Paris in 1860, helping the frères Goncourt rescue Fragonard from the obscurity into which he had fallen after the French Revolution, albeit only as a frivolous painter – his skill as a history painter was not recognised until the 20th century.^[4]

See also

• List of works by Fragonard

Notes and References

1. Web site: Catalogue entry. 1770.
2. Web site: Catalogue entry. 1778.
3. Eva-Gesine Baur, «El rococó y el neoclasicismo» en Los maestros de la pintura occidental, Taschen, 2005, pág. 360, .
4. P. F. R. Carrassat, Maestros de la pintura, Spes Editorial, s.l., 2005, p. 163.