Mountain Landscape at Sunset
Jean Honoré Fragonard
c. 1765
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
overall: 21.5 x 32.8 cm (8 7/16 x 12 15/16 in.) framed: 32.2 x 43.5 x 4.4 cm (12 11/16 x 17 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Fund
Accession Number
1997.22.1
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...