View of the gardens at the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, cyprus trees to right, a staircase leading to the villa at left, two statues at center of the staircase, three figures in the garden at right
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 7 3/8 x 9 15/16 in. (18.7 x 25.2 cm) plate: 5 13/16 x 7 7/16 in. (14.8 x 18.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.71
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Honoré Fragonard|Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non · 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...