An Angel Bringing Food to a Hermit
ca. 1750–56
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (26 × 24.1 cm) Plate: 9 1/8 × 6 1/4 in. (23.2 × 15.8 cm) Image: 8 1/2 × 5 7/8 in. (21.6 × 14.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.36.8
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Honoré Fragonard|François Boucher · 1732–1806
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...