Benjamin Franklin
Jean Honoré Fragonard · c. 1778 · Brush and brown ink and brown wash on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Benjamin Franklin is a public-domain drawing by Jean Honoré Fragonard, dated c. 1778. Brush and brown ink and brown wash on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Benjamin Franklin” (c. 1778) 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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