Tag: Fragonard

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Founded: 2017 Address: Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Website: https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/ Collection: • Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516): Madonna col Bambino (1480-85) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Les marionnettes (1775-78) • Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903): Les Enfants luttant (1888) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): Le…

Le Colin-Maillard (c.1750-1752)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Colin-Maillard (Blind Man’s Buff) c.1750–1752 Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 91.4 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo In the 18th century the game of blind man’s buff (or bluff) became the symbolic arena for courtship, chance, and the…

Deux prophètes (Daniel et Habacuc)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Deux prophètes: Daniel et Habacuc (Two prophets: Daniel and Habakkuk) 2nd half of the 18th century Black pencil on paper, 155 x 188 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid During his stay in Naples in 1761, Fragonard copied a…

Apuleius

(c.124-c.170) Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis Works: • Amor ja Psyke (Finnish) • Apologia sive pro se de magia (Latin) • De deo Socratis (Latin) • De mundo (Latin) • De Platone et eius dogmate, Liber I (Latin) • De Platone et…

Madame de Pompadour

(1721–1764) Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson Marquise de Pompadour Duchesse de Menars Madame de Pompadour in Art: Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Psyché montrant à ses soeurs les présents de l’amour 1753 National Gallery, London     Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Madam Pompadour 1915 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago  …

Portrait d’un homme en costume (1768-1770)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Portrait d’un homme en costume (Portrait of a Man in Costume) 1768–1770 Oil on canvas, 80.3 × 64.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jean-Honoré Fragonard is perhaps best known for his light-hearted, amorous subjects, which seem to embody…

La lettre (c.1776)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La lettre (The Letter) c.1776 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 29.5 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati