The Departure by Coach
Jean Honoré Fragonard
c. 1780–89
Medium
Black chalk, and brush and brown wash, with touches of gray wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Dimensions
22.7 × 17.2 cm (8 15/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
12533
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...