Terrace and Garden of an Italian Villa
Jean-Honoré Fragonard · 1762/1763 · red chalk over traces of black chalk on laid paper
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About this picture
Terrace and Garden of an Italian Villa is a public-domain drawing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, dated 1762/1763. Red chalk over traces of black chalk on laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Terrace and Garden of an Italian Villa” (1762/1763) 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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