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Le Temps Orageux by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Le Temps Orageux

Jean-Honoré Fragonard · 1745

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DETAILS
Artist
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Date
1745
Medium
Etching, second state
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
image: 16 9/16 x 19 13/16 in. (42 x 50.3 cm), trimmed to image
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1962
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THE ARTIST

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

1732–1806 · France

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, a master of late Rococo, captivated 18th-century France with his exuberant scenes of love and veiled eroticism, like the iconic 'The Swing'.

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