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Marie-Anne Fragonard, née Gérard, (1745–1823) was a French painter of
File:Gossporträtt (Marie Anne Fragonard) - Nationalmuseum - 24862.tif, alt=Marie-Anne Fragonard, A work by Marie-Anne Fragonard from the collection of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
File:Portrait of a Boy MET ep60.14.R.jpg, This lively miniature was long thought to have been painted by Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806). Today, it is attributed to Marie Anne Fragonard.
File:Pl7 38326 fnt bw 113.jpg, Marie-Anne Fragonard never signed her work, and scholars now suspect that many miniatures, such as this one, once ascribed to her more famous husband are actually her work. The relative clumsiness of this miniature compared to the painterly verve and charm associated with Jean-Honoré Fragonard's graceful art makes the attribution to J.-H. Fragonard unlikely.
Marie-Anne Fragonard, née Gérard, (1745–1823) was a French painter of portrait miniature
A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting from Renaissance art, usually executed in gouache, Watercolor painting, watercolor, or Vitreous enamel, enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illumin ...
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Known for being the wife of the painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (; 5 April 1732
(birth/baptism certificate)
– 22 August 1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific art ...
since 1769, she also painted miniatures, which, after having long been attributed to her husband, were returned to her name by the historian Pierre Rosenberg. She painted in a free and easy style, which was close to the style of Jean-Honoré.
See also
* Marguerite Gérard (sister)References
* Fragonard Besançon Pierre Rosenberg, Claudine Lebrun and Claire Stoullig, Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology of Besancon, 2006 ed. 5 continents, 2006 ( and 9788874393633). 1745 births 1823 deaths 18th-century French painters 19th-century French painters French portrait miniaturists People from Grasse 18th-century French women painters 19th-century French women painters {{France-painter-18thC-stub