St. Jerome
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 15.3 × 10.5 cm (6 1/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Plate: 16.5 × 11.4 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.); Sheet: 20 × 15.7 cm (7 7/8 × 6 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
44591
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...