Orlando Kills the Orc with an Anchor
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1726 to 1750
Medium
black chalk with brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 40 x 27 cm (15 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Edith G. Rosenwald
Accession Number
1978.10.3
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...