La Coupe Enchantee, from Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de P. Didot, l'an III de la République, 1795

La Coupe Enchantee, from Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de P. Didot, l'an III de la République, 1795 by Jean Honoré Fragonard|Jean de La Fontaine|Jean-Baptiste-Michel Dupréel|Pierre Didot l'ainé

Medium

Etching and engraving; second state of three (Cohen)

Dimensions

Sheet: 12 11/16 × 10 1/16 in. (32.3 × 25.6 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1918

Accession Number

18.29.10

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About the Artist

Jean Honoré Fragonard|Jean de La Fontaine|Jean-Baptiste-Michel Dupréel|Pierre Didot l'ainé · 17321806

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...

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