
Cleveland Museum of Art
Saint Jerome
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
- Date
- 1763–64
- Medium
- etching
- Culture
- France, 18th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Religious scenes are unusual during a century more interested in carefree themes. The prosperous bourgeoisie demanded works with decorative appeal for their homes-pictures of readily comprehensible subjects based on popular literature or theater and rendered with a light, colorful palette.
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