1769
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Jean-Claude Richard, abbé of Saint-Non is a 1769 oil by Jean Honoré Fragonard, a Rococo painting work, held at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.
This painting shows a man sitting on a stone wall, wearing a red shirt with a white ruffled collar and a brown hat. He has a yellow cloth draped over his lap and holds a brown object in his right hand. The background is a blue sky with a brown wall behind him. The man's clothing and the style of the painting suggest that it was created in the 18th century. The use of oil paint and the attention to detail in the man's face and clothing are also notable. If you're interested in learning more about the artist who created this painting, you might want to look up Jean Honoré Fragonard.
The Jean-Claude Richard, Abbot of Saint-Non, Dressed à l'Espagnole is a painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard conserved at the National Art Museum of Catalonia, in Barcelona, from c. 1769.
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The knight, with his arrogant pose, is sitting beside a fountain in which his horse is drinking. He is dressed à l'espagnole, an expression which in eighteenth-century France was used to refer to picturesque or fancy attire, and had no bearing on the Spanish fashions of the time. In fact, dress à l'espagnole was inspired by French fashions from the time of Henry IV and Louis XIII. The picture is a work from the artist's youth, painted on a trip he made to Italy with his friend and patron Jean-Claude Richard. Fragonard was one of the last representatives of rococo painting and this work shows…
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard was born on 5 April 1732 in Grasse, the son of a glover, and moved with his family to Paris in 1738.
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