Le Petit Parc
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 11 x 16.5 cm (4 5/16 x 6 1/2 in.) sheet: 13.4 x 18.6 cm (5 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler
Accession Number
2000.9.11
Art Historical Context
Step into the whimsical world of *Le Petit Parc*, a delicate etching created by Jean Claude Richard de-Non after a painting by the celebrated Rococo master Jean-Hé Fragonard around 1763–65. Fragonard, a leading figure in 18th-century French art, was renowned for his lively, playful scenes of lovers and gardens, capturing the elegant frivolity of the aristocracy during the twilight of the Ancien Régime. Saint-Non, a skilled engraver and Fragonard's close collaborator, faithfully reproduced these compositions in print form, making high-art accessible to a wider audience through affordable multip...