The Supper at Emmaus
Jean Honoré Fragonard
1760/61
Medium
Black chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
Primary support: 18.3 × 26.8 cm (7 1/4 × 10 9/16 in.); Secondary support: 19.6 × 28 cm (7 3/4 × 11 1/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
221187
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...