Le Serment d'Amour
Medium
Etching, second state
Dimensions
sheet: 23 9/16 x 18 1/4 in. (59.8 x 46.4 cm) image: 22 9/16 x 17 1/16 in. (57.3 x 43.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number
41.140.9
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Honoré Fragonard|Jean Mathieu · 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...