Dance of the Satyrs
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 14.3 × 20.9 cm (5 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 14.4 × 20.9 cm (5 11/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kate Ganz
Accession Number
2014.131.1
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...