Saint Mark
ca. 1761–65
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 7 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. (19.7 x 11.8 cm) plate: 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (11.7 x 9.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.209
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Honoré Fragonard|Giovanni Lanfranco · 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...