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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1732-1806

Nationality: French
Date of Birth: 1732.04.05
Place of Birth: Grasse
Date of Death: 1806.08.22
Place of Death: Paris

Identity:

Jean-Honoré Fragonard was a mythological, genre and landscape painter.

Life:

He is referred to in JW's correspondence about 1898.

Bibliography:

Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, Paris, 1956-61; http://www.getty.edu/research (accessed 2003); The Grove Dictionary of Art Online, ed. L. Macy, http://www.groveart.com (accessed 2003).