Jean-Honoré Fragonard

(French, 1732–1806)

Room Paintings holds 24 paintings by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, from the National Gallery of Art, The Met, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Cleveland Museum of Art. They date from 1753 to 1780. We file all of them under Rococo. The most common subjects are women, children and mythology. 16 of them suit a room in our lists, most often the kids' room and apartment or dorm.

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The 23 paintings

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Young Girl Reading, c. 1769 National Gallery of Art

Painting of bearded, ruddy-faced man in eighteenth century style clothing.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Portrait of a Man in Costume, c. 1767–68 Art Institute of Chicago

Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog, ca. 1769 The Met

Portrait of a Young Woman, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1770s, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Portrait of a Young Woman, 1770s The Met

The Love Letter, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, early 1770s, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Love Letter, early 1770s The Met

A Shaded Avenue, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1775, oil on wood

Jean-Honoré Fragonard A Shaded Avenue, ca. 1775 The Met

The Two Sisters, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769–70, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Two Sisters, ca. 1769–70 The Met

The dark, forest-green canopies of trees to our right are silhouetted against a sky that warms from pale blue along the top edge of the composition to butter yellow along the horizon, which comes about a quarter of the way up this…

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Mountain Landscape at Sunset, c. 1765 National Gallery of Art

Two women, a man, and three small children gather around a baby sleeping in a wicker cradle near an open window in this horizontal painting. The people all have pale skin with rosy cheeks.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Visit to the Nursery, c. 1775 National Gallery of Art

In a lush, tree-lined park, filtered light falls across a group of about a dozen light-skinned people lounging and frolicking along the banks of a river in this vertical landscape painting.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard A Game of Horse and Rider, c. 1775/1780 National Gallery of Art

The Cascade, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1775, oil on wood

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Cascade, ca. 1775 The Met

Roman Interior, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1760, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Roman Interior, ca. 1760 The Met

In a deeply shadowed room, two women and several children are gathered at the center of this wide, oval painting, looking toward a young man and donkey who peer in over a half-door to our left.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Happy Family, c. 1775 National Gallery of Art

From a distance, we look slightly down into a lush park filled pairs and groups of elegantly dressed, light-skinned adults and children frolicking and socializing in this vertical painting.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Blindman's Buff, c. 1775/1780 National Gallery of Art

From a distance, we look down onto and across a lush park filled with elegantly dressed, light-skinned adults and children gathered in small groups as one woman swings from tall trees in this vertical painting.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Swing, c. 1775/1780 National Gallery of Art

A Boy in a Red-Lined Cloak, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s, oil on wood

Jean-Honoré Fragonard A Boy in a Red-Lined Cloak, 1780s Cleveland Museum of Art

The Stolen Kiss, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1760, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Stolen Kiss, ca. 1760 The Met

Towering, pale, celery-green trees frame a view of a lush park with about a dozen elegantly dressed, light-skinned men and women in this vertical landscape painting.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard A Game of Hot Cockles, c. 1775/1780 National Gallery of Art

This oval painting shows a cherubic figure floating in mid-air with one leg bent and arms outstretched. The cherub has curly hair, a round face, and rosy cheeks, and they are smiling gently.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Love as Folly, c. 1773/1776 National Gallery of Art

This painting image depicts a cherubic child in a garden setting. The child is standing with one foot in front of the other and has small wings on their back.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Love the Sentinel, c. 1773/1776 National Gallery of Art

Close to us, a woman and a winged, child-like putto float on clouds above a clean-shaven young man in a forest setting in this horizontal painting. All three people have smooth, pale skin, rosy cheeks, and ash-blond hair.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Diana and Endymion, c. 1753/1756 National Gallery of Art

This oval painting shows a cherubic child floating mid-air with one leg bent and their arms outstretched. The cherub has curly hair, a round face, and pale skin dusted with rosy pink and light teal shadows. They are smiling gently.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Love as Folly, c. 1773/1776 National Gallery of Art

This oval painting depicts a cherubic child in a garden setting. The child is standing with one foot in front of the other and has small wings on their back. The child has light skin, curly blond hair, rosy cheeks, and a playful expression.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Love the Sentinel, c. 1773/1776 National Gallery of Art

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Our room, color and style lists leave these out. They are public domain like the rest.

Allegory of Vigilance, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1772, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Allegory of Vigilance, ca. 1772 The Met