Saint Celestine V Renouncing the Papacy, after Mattia Preti
Medium
Black chalk, over a black chalk counterproof
Dimensions
7 11/16 x 7 5/8 in. (19.5 x 19.3 cm.)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John C. Weber, 1987
Accession Number
1987.239
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Honoré Fragonard|Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese) · 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...