Saint Luke
Jean Honoré Fragonard
1763/64
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 10.9 × 7.9 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/8 in.); Plate: 12.3 × 9.2 cm (4 7/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 19.8 × 13.6 cm (7 13/16 × 5 3/8 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
191208
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...