A History of European Art

Jean-Honoré Fragonard:

Denis Diderot, c. 1765, oil on canvas, 32 ¼ x 25 ½” (82 x 65 cm), Musée

du Louvre, Paris, France.

The Meeting, from the Progress of Love, 177173, oil on canvas,

10’ 5” x 8’ (317.5 x 243.8 cm), The Frick Collection, New York City,

New York, USA.

The Swing, 1766, oil on canvas, 32 x 25 ¼” (81 x 64.2 cm), Wallace

Collection, London, Great Britain.

Thomas Gainsborough:

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 178587, oil on canvas, 86 5/8 x 60 5/8”

(220 x 154 cm), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze:

The Village Bride, 176061, oil on canvas, 36 ¼ x 46” (92 x 117 cm),

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.

Bailey, ed., The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard.

Minor, Baroque and Rococo.

Prigent and Rosenberg, Chardin.

1. How does Chardin differ from Boucher and other Rococo painters with
   whom he is often grouped?


2. Describe the lighthearted themes conveyed in the work of Boucher
   and Fragonard.

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Questions to Consider