Hercules and Cacus, after Annibale Carracci, and the Destruction of Enceladus, after Agostino Carracci
Medium
Black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions
8 1/16 x 11 9/16 in. (20.4 x 29.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore, 1960
Accession Number
60.53
Tags
Male NudesHercules
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...