Cleveland Museum of Art
The Little Park
Jean-Honoré FragonardLinkedCulture matchlcp-3d28f78fe6aa
- Date
- c. 1763
- Medium
- etching
- Culture
- France, 18th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 170657
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
One of Fragonard’s earliest etchings, this picturesque view of an imaginary terraced Italian garden is perhaps inspired by memories of the grounds at the Villa d’Este in Tivoli, where he spent time in 1760. Fragonard’s spontaneously scribbled, willowy lines and his choice of black-gray ink give the etching a silvery quality that evokes the hazy atmosphere of hot Italian summers. Beneath the sun-dappled foliage, between the lion statues, a young woman encounters a youth resting on the steps.
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- Credit line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Provenance
- François Heugel (French, born 1922)
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