The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
Medium
black chalk over a black chalk counterproof on laid paper with brown ink borderline
Dimensions
sheet: 28.2 × 20.2 cm (11 1/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Donald Stone in honor of Louis and Matthieu de Bayser
Accession Number
2022.40.39
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...