A Game of Horse and Rider

A Game of Horse and Rider by Jean Honoré Fragonard

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 115 x 87.5 cm (45 1/4 x 34 7/16 in.) framed: 145.1 x 116.8 x 12.1 cm (57 1/8 x 46 x 4 3/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CF

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1946.7.5

About the Artist

Jean Honoré Fragonard · 17321806

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. Born in Grasse, he moved to Paris where he trained under Jean-Baptiste Chardin and François Boucher, winning the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1752. After studying in Italy alongside Hubert Robert, Fragonard returned to Paris in 1761 to fi...

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