Astolfo Sails off with Andronica and Sofrosina
Jean Honoré Fragonard · early 1780s · Black chalk, with pen and brush and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Astolfo Sails off with Andronica and Sofrosina is a public-domain drawing by Jean Honoré Fragonard, dated early 1780s. Black chalk, with pen and brush and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Astolfo Sails off with Andronica and Sofrosina” (early 1780s) is handled with Fragonard’s light, quick paint: a garden, a flirtation, or a figure turned in motion.
About the artist
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) was a French Rococo painter. Gardens, lovers, and a quick brush are his usual subjects. The Swing is the picture people mean by his name.
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