Angel Holding a Palm and a Crown
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 8.2 × 12.8 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/16 in.); Plate: 9 × 14 cm (3 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 16.7 × 23.4 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
45202
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...