# Jean Honoré Fragonard

French, 1732–1806; born in Grasse; died in Paris

Fragonard studied with Chardin and then Boucher, won the Prix de Rome and spent five years in Italy, where he drew the gardens of the Villa d’Este. Back in Paris he largely set aside official commissions to paint for private collectors: playful love scenes such as The Swing, rapidly brushed “fantasy figures” and luminous landscapes. The Revolution ended the taste for his art, and he spent his last years as an administrator of the new national museum at the Louvre.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

6 works in the collection.

- [Portrait of a Man in Costume](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-man-in-costume-aic-93900), Jean Honoré Fragonard, c. 1767–68. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/marie-emilie-coignet-de-courson-1716-1806-with-a-dog-met-436323), Jean Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [A Game of Hot Cockles](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-game-of-hot-cockles-nga-32684), Jean Honoré Fragonard, c. 1775/1780. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Love as Folly](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/love-as-folly-nga-52255), Jean Honoré Fragonard, c. 1773/1776. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Love the Sentinel](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/love-the-sentinel-nga-52256), Jean Honoré Fragonard, c. 1773/1776. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Invocation to Love](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/invocation-to-love-cma-123431), Jean Honoré Fragonard, c. 1781. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.