Saint Catherine of Alexandria Cured by an Angel
Jean Honoré Fragonard
1763/64
Medium
Etching on buff laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 12.7 × 6.9 cm (5 × 2 3/4 in.); Plate: 14.4 × 9.6 cm (5 11/16 × 3 13/16 in.); Sheet: 20 × 14.7 cm (7 7/8 × 5 13/16 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
191206
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...