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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, born in 1732, was a & printmaker whose works were full of hedonistic & intimate themes. He produced over 550 paintings during his career.

📷 Credit: , "The Swing" by 1767.

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painted c.1775-80 by iconic French artist depicts a young girl carving an initial into the bark of a tree.

Only 25cm tall, the scale and careful technique show Fragonard echoing the contemporary taste for Dutch cabinet paintings.

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to born 1732.

Fragonard’s painted c. 1767 – 1768, is emphatically the artist’s most famous and one of the most recognisable paintings in the Wallace Collection.

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2020-04-05

by iconic French artist depicts a young girl carving an initial into the bark of a tree. This intimate composition can be seen as a celebration of female creativity in an era when women painters were starting to gain prominence.

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