The Disciples at the Tomb
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 13 × 8.6 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.); Plate: 14 × 9.5 cm (5 9/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 20 × 14.1 cm (7 7/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
191207
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...