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The Stolen Kiss
Jean Honoré Fragonard
1760

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February 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM

Danette Hitz Newton

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Happy Birthday, Jean Honoré Fragonard! Have you seen his paintings? What do you like/dislike about them? Let me know in the comments! #artistbirthday #jeanhonorefragonard

April 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM

Julius Granström

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard #jeanhonoréfragonard

July 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM

Nathan Francis

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🎨 #JeanHonoréFragonard, French painter, was #BOTD 5 April 1732. #Art #Painting

April 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM

Julius Granström

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard #jeanhonorefragonard

June 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM

Nathan Francis

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🎨 #JeanHonoréFragonard, French painter, was #BOTD 5 April 1732. #Art #Painting

April 5, 2026 at 3:22 AM

TH Countz Creates

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From 1767, entitled, "The Swing" this is Fragonard's most famous painting. I love the frivolous nature of her shoe being tossed up in the air. During his lifetime, Fragonard painted around 550 paintings, but ONLY FIVE was signed!
#rococo #jeanhonorefragonard #swing #shoes

April 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM

Nathan Francis

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🎨 #JeanHonoréFragonard, French late Rococo painter, #DOTD 22 August 1806. #Art #Painting

August 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM

Julius Granström

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard #jeanhonoréfragonard

March 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM

Julius Granström

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard #jeanhonorefragonard

December 6, 2024 at 10:41 AM

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“The Goddess Aurora Triumphing over Night.” Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French; 1732–1806). Oil on canvas, ca. 1755–6. Sotheby’s, New York.

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October 22, 2024 at 1:09 PM

King Julien Bóbr Kurwa

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July 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM

TH Countz Creates

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He married Marie-Anne Gerard on June 17, 1769. Marie-Anne was a painter of miniatures. They had a daughter, Rosalie shown here in a painting called, "The Reader." Rosalie became one of his favorite models.

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April 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM

TH Countz Creates

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Boucher was not without heart though. He sent the young Jean-Honore' to study under Jean Simeon Chardin. Once he had gained some maturity and experience, he did return to work with Boucher.

#rococo #jeanhonorefragonard #simeonchardin #francoisboucher #dogs #tree #initials

April 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM

Michael

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“Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson with a Dog” by Jean Honoré Fragonard (French) - Oil on canvas / ca. 1769 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) #WomenInArt #art #artText #artwork #Fragonard #Rococo #JeanHonoréFragonard #TheMet #arte #MetMuseum #FrenchArt #18thCenturyArt #WomenWithDogs #DogArt

This portrait belongs to French artist Jean Honoré Fragonard’s celebrated “figures de fantaisie” aka “Fantasy Figures” which are wonderful “fantasy” portraits reputedly executed in a single burst, where theatrical costume and bravado brushwork display the painter’s genius as much as a sitter’s status. Until recently this painting was called “Woman with a Dog,” but a recently connected drawing confirms the model as Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson, an aristocratic salonnière whose intellectual circle bridged court culture and Enlightenment conversation. Fragonard outfits her in pseudo–Maria de’ Medici court dress, echoing famous Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (whom Fragonard had studied), collapsing past and present into playful masquerade.

Flooded with warm light against a dark, indistinct background, Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson turns toward us in three-quarter view, her cheeks flushed, red lips in a knowing half-smile. She wears an extravagant rose-pink gown with paned sleeves, gleaming pearls woven through her powdered gray hair and bodice, an ermine-trimmed mantle, and a starched white ruff incised with swift strokes. Cradled in her hands, a small cute white lapdog with a long thin blue ribbon gazes up at her, its curved echoing her own. Fragonard’s loose, wet-in-wet brushwork lets satin, fur, and lace dissolve into bravura strokes, while her sharply modeled face and direct gaze towards us anchor the swirl of costume, performance, and paint.

The pampered lapdog underscores intimacy, luxury, and fidelity while also winking at Rococo vibes as companion, accessory, and co-conspirator. Painted at the height of Fragonard’s success, the work captures a worldly woman and a master painter staging identity itself with a panting that is brilliant, performative, and on the edge of a French society soon to be undone.

November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM

TH Countz Creates

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"Young Woman with Cat." I could have sworn it was a pup! In 1752, Fragonard gained the Prix de Rome which was an art scholarship. Before moving to Rome, he chose to study three more years under Charles-Andre van Loo. #rococo #jeanhonorefragonard #cats #rome #art #andrevanloo