View of the gardens at the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, cyprus trees to right, a staircase leading to the villa at left, two statues at center of the staircase, three figures in the garden at right
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 7 3/8 x 9 15/16 in. (18.7 x 25.2 cm) plate: 5 13/16 x 7 7/16 in. (14.8 x 18.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.71
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Honoré Fragonard|Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non · 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...