Don Quixote about to Strike the Helmet
Jean-Honoré Fragonard · 1780s · brush with brown and gray washes over charcoal on laid paper, laid down
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About this picture
Don Quixote about to Strike the Helmet is a public-domain drawing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, dated 1780s. Brush with brown and gray washes over charcoal on laid paper, laid down. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Don Quixote about to Strike the Helmet” (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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