View of a Park
ca. 1757–59
Medium
Black chalk, brush and gray wash, touches of black and brown wash; framing lines in pen and black ink
Dimensions
10 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. (27.3 x 39.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1952
Accession Number
52.14
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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...