Jean Honoré Fragonard
1732–1806 · Rococo · 15 works
Jean-Honoré Fragonard could make a painting feel as immediate as a sketch. Having trained with Chardin and Boucher and studied in Rome, he developed a wide range of subjects: gardens, stories of love, everyday encounters, and imaginative portraits. Rapid brushwork often remains visible instead of disappearing beneath a polished surface. In Portrait of a Man in Costume, historical dress and an unidentified sitter leave room for invention. His drawings and prints offer related pleasures, allowing a twist of the body or a sweep of foliage to set a scene in motion.
15 works · 1757–1789
In Portrait of a Man in Costume, compare the stillness of the eyes with the moving contours of the clothing.
1757–1760 · 3 works
Walk these 3In the museum: Rococo room · 1 work
1763–1768 · 5 works
Walk these 5In the museum: Rococo room · 1 work
1773–1789 · 7 works
Walk these 7In the museum: Rococo room · 4 works
Canaletto
Capriccio: A Street Crossed by Arches (recto) Sketches of Doorway, Staircase and Second Floor of Building (verso), c. 1720
François Boucher
Head of a Young Woman, early 1730s
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, c. 1719
