Fabius Maximus before the Senate at Carthage
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 9 5/16 x 6 7/8 in. (23.6 x 17.4 cm) plate: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16.5 x 11.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.384
Tags
SoldiersSpearsMen
About the Artist
Jean Honoré Fragonard|Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 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...