Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)

AprJean-Honoré Fragonard was born on April 5, 1732, in Grasse, France.¹

Fragonard won the Prix de Rome in 1752.²

Louis XV received a work by Fragonard illustrating an episode from the classical story of Cupid and Psyche at Versailles in 1753.²

In 1760, he toured Italy with his friend, the painter Hubert Robert.¹

Fragonard married Marie-Anne Gérard, who was also a painter, in 1769.¹

AugJean-Honoré Fragonard died in Paris on August 22, 1806, at the age of 74.¹