The Happy Family

The Happy Family by Jean Honoré Fragonard

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall (oval): 53.9 × 65.1 cm (21 1/4 × 25 5/8 in.) framed: 73.66 × 83.82 × 10.16 cm (29 × 33 × 4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CF

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Timken Collection

Accession Number

1960.6.12

About the Artist

Jean Honoré Fragonard · 17321806

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...

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