A Prayer for Grandpapa
Jean-Honoré Fragonard · late 1770s · brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
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About this picture
A Prayer for Grandpapa is a public-domain drawing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, dated late 1770s. Brown wash over black chalk on laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“A Prayer for Grandpapa” (late 1770s) 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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