Cloelia and Her Companions
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 8.1 × 13 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 9 × 14.8 cm (3 9/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 10.7 × 16.4 cm (4 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
191248
About the Artist
Jean Honoré Fragonard · 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...