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Jean Honoré Fragonard

Also known as: Jean Honoré Fragonard; primary name: Fragonard, Jean Honoré; other name: Fragonard, Honoré
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; French; Male
Life dates: 1732-1806
Biography: Painter and etcher; pupil of Chardin (q.v) then Boucher (q.v.); won the Prix de Rome ('Jeroboam sacrificing to the Idols', 1752), but studied at the Ecole Royale before leaving for the Académie de France in Rome (1756); in 1760, accompanied Saint-Non (q.v.) on his trip across Italy; returned to Paris in 1761; 'received' at the Académie, 1765 ('Coresus et Callirhoe'). Accompanied Bergeret de Grancourt on his journey to Italy, 1773-74; on the wane during the Revolution as his style and subjects seemed too old-fashioned, Fragonard mainly worked in the administration of the arts in the years 1793-1800. Father of Alexandre Evariste Fragonard (q.v.)
Bibliography: Baudicour, 'Le Peintre-Graveur Français continué' (prints by)

227 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1900,1231.4316-4384 |
Producer name: After:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Jacques Louis Touzé |
Production date: 1881 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1900,1231.3829-3901 |
Producer name: After:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Jean Baptiste Mallet |
Production date: 1880 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1932,0119.5.1-296 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abbé Jean Claude Richard de Saint-NonAfter:Jean Baptiste Le Prince |
Production date: 1756-1774 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1951,0726.2.1-59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abbé Jean Claude Richard de Saint-NonIntermediary draughtsman:Hubert Robert |
Production date: 1770-1772 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1926,1008.6.1-4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jules de GoncourtPrint made by:Edmond de Goncourt |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

drawing

Museum number: 1907,1106.1 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1747-1806

drawing

Museum number: 1868,0328.364 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1747-1806

drawing

Museum number: 1897,0410.19 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1865,1014.371 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Robert AngoFormerly attributed to:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1759-1770

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.19 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.21 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Pietro da Cortona |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.50 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.18 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.29 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.26 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Andrea del Sarto |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.10 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.44 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Valerio Castello |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.49 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.62 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Domenico Parodi |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.35 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.45 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Bernardo Strozzi |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.22 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.32 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.28 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.30 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.16 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.8 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.38 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Pierre Puget |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.5 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Lieven Mehus |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.23 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.55 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.42 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.66 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.61 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1908,0414.2 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1747-1806

drawing; forgery

Museum number: 1872,1012.3283 |
Producer name: Manner/Style of:Hubert RobertManner/Style of:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1800-1872

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0211.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1747-1806

drawing

Museum number: 1975,0301.33 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardFormerly attributed to:Jacques Louis David |
Production date: 1747-1806

drawing

Museum number: 1963,1214.10 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Ascribed to:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1747-1806

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1154 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1747-1806

drawing

Museum number: 1942,0711.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolas-Albert Michel MandevareAfter:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1800-1820

drawing

Museum number: 1908,0414.3 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1747-1806

drawing

Museum number: 1908,0414.4 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1747-1806

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.63 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.54 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Mattia Preti |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.33 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.7 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.59 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.64 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.9 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.70 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Carlo Maratti |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.37 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Pierre Puget |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.14 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.25 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Johann Liss |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.15 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.36 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.13 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni da Bologna |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.56 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giulio Cesare Procaccini |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.4 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Domenico Fetti |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.71 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.51 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.65 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.52 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.47 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Marc Antonio Franceschini |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.60 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.69 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.40 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.58 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Bernardo Strozzi |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.24 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Andrea del Sarto |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.6 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Lieven Mehus |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.46 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.41 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.57 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.43 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.1 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.12 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.53 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.27 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Lieven Mehus |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.48 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.39 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.17 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.68 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Johann Carl Loth |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.20 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Pietro da Cortona |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.31 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.11 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni Battista Caccini |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.67 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Giovanni Battista Caracciolo |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.34 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.2 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1908,0414.1 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 Drawn by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1747-1806

medal

Museum number: 1898,0102.23 |
Producer name: Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:DuboisDesigned by:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Authority: BIOG25019 Issuer:Baron Dominique Vivant Denon |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Made in:France

print

Museum number: 2006,U.596 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 After:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1800-1890

print

Title: Fontaine d'Amour |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2279 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis DujardinAfter:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1823-1859

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The happy family |
Museum number: 1895,0617.840 |
Producer name: BIOG27716 After:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1820-1895

print

Title: Les enfants du fermier Galerie Impériale de l'Ermitage |
Museum number: 1859,1008.136 |
Producer name: After:Jean Honoré FragonardPrint made by:Hippolyte Robillard |
Production date: 1845-1847

print

Title: Monuments des arts de dessin chez les peuples |
Museum number: 1900,1231.5441 |
Producer name: After:Jean Honoré FragonardPrint made by:Henri Dagneau |
Production date: 1816-1829

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1872,1012.290 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon Charles MigerIntermediary draughtsman:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1777-1788

print; book-illustration

Title: Héliodore chassé du temple |
Museum number: 1889,0318.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre Antoine MartiniAfter:Francesco Solimena |
Production date: 1777

print

Title: Dites donc, s'il-vous-plait |
Museum number: 1889,0318.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de LaunayAfter:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1872,1012.288 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon Charles MigerAfter:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1777-1788