Jean-Honore Fragonard Stolen Kiss Detail Painting ID:: 10304 Jean-Honore Fragonard1.jpg
Stolen Kiss Detail oil on canvas,
Metropolitan
Museum of Art,
New York
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $89
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $109
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $139
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $169
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $249
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $459
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $99
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $119
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $159
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $199
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $269
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$469
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Swing Painting ID:: 10306 Jean-Honore Fragonard3.jpg
The Swing 1766
Wallace collection
in London
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $89
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $109
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $139
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $169
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $249
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $459
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $99
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $119
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $159
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $199
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $269
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$469
Jean-Honore Fragonard The See-Saw Painting ID:: 10307 Jean-Honore Fragonard4.jpg
The See-Saw canvas
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard Portrait of a Singer Painting ID:: 10308 Jean-Honore Fragonard5.jpg
Portrait of a Singer Holding a Sheet
of Music, 1769,
oil on canvas
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard Inspiration Painting ID:: 10309 Jean-Honore Fragonard6.jpg
Inspiration 1769
canvas, Louvre
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Love Letter Painting ID:: 10310 Jean-Honore Fragonard7.jpg
The Love Letter 1770oil on canvas
Metropolitan
Museum of Art,
New York
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Meeting Painting ID:: 10311 Jean-Honore Fragonard8.jpg
The Meeting 771-73, Frick
Collection NY
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $89
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $109
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $139
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $169
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $249
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $459
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $99
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $119
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $159
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $199
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $269
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$469
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Lover Crowned Painting ID:: 10312 Jean-Honore Fragonard9.jpg
The Lover Crowned 1771Frick Collection
at New York
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard Young Girl Reading Painting ID:: 10313 Jean-Honore Fragonard10.jpg
Young Girl Reading 1776, oil on canvas,
National Gallery of
Art at Washington
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $89
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $109
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $139
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $169
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $249
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $459
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $99
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $119
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $159
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $199
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $269
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$469
Jean-Honore Fragonard Education is Everything Painting ID:: 10314 Jean-Honore Fragonard11.jpg
Education is Everything 1780oil on canvas
Museum of Art,
Sao Paolo
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Stolen Kiss Painting ID:: 10315 Jean-Honore Fragonard12.jpg
The Stolen Kiss late 1780s,
oil on canvas,
The Hermitage
at St. Petersburg
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $89
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $109
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $139
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $169
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $249
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $459
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $99
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $119
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $159
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $199
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $269
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$469
Jean-Honore Fragonard Adoration of the Shepherds Painting ID:: 29530 new3/Jean-Honore Fragonard-599239.jpg
Adoration of the Shepherds c. 1775
Oil on canvas, 73 x 93 cm
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Swing (nn03) Painting ID:: 23291 new8/Jean-Honore Fragonard-663246.jpg
The Swing (nn03) c 1768
Oil on canvas 81 x 64.5 cm 31 7/8 x 25 3/8 in Wallace Collection London
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $89
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $109
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $139
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $169
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $249
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $459
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $99
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $119
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $159
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $199
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $269
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$469
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Musical Contest Painting ID:: 26682 new2/Jean-Honore Fragonard-543644.jpg
The Musical Contest mk53
c.1751
oil on canvas
62x74cm
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $89
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $109
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $139
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $169
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $249
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $459
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $99
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $119
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $159
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $199
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $269
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$469
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Swing Painting ID:: 26683 new2/Jean-Honore Fragonard-669478.jpg
The Swing mk53
1767
oil on canvas
81x64.2cm
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $89
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $109
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $139
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $169
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $249
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $459
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $99
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $119
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $159
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $199
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $269
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$469
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Bathers Painting ID:: 30161 new3/Jean-Honore Fragonard-336358.jpg
The Bathers mk64
before 1756
Oil on canvas
64x80cm
Paris,Musee du Louvre
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Stolen Kiss Painting ID:: 30646 new4/Jean-Honore Fragonard-554828.jpg
The Stolen Kiss mk68
Oil on canvas
Saint Petersburg,
State Hermitage Museum,
1787-1789
France
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Progress of love Painting ID:: 31802 new4/Jean-Honore Fragonard-995926.jpg
The Progress of love mk76
Painted in 1771-73
Oil on canvas
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Meeting Painting ID:: 31803 new4/Jean-Honore Fragonard-856938.jpg
The Meeting mk76
Painted in 1771-73
Oil on canvas
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $89
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $109
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $139
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $169
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $249
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $459
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $99
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $119
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $159
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $199
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $269
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$469
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Lover Crowned Painting ID:: 31804 new4/Jean-Honore Fragonard-824542.jpg
The Lover Crowned mk76
Painted in 1771-73
Oil on canvas
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard Love Letters Painting ID:: 31805 new4/Jean-Honore Fragonard-743484.jpg
Love Letters mk76
Painted in 1771-73
Oil on canvas
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard Reverie Painting ID:: 31806 new4/Jean-Honore Fragonard-384675.jpg
Reverie mk76
Painted in 1771-73
Oil on canvas
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $89
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $109
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $139
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $169
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $249
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $459
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $99
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $119
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $159
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $199
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $269
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$469
Jean-Honore Fragonard Love Triumphant Painting ID:: 31807 new4/Jean-Honore Fragonard-847374.jpg
Love Triumphant mk76
Painted in 1771-73 and 1790-91
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard Love the avenger Painting ID:: 31808 new4/Jean-Honore Fragonard-792953.jpg
Love the avenger mk76
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Jester Painting ID:: 31809 new4/Jean-Honore Fragonard-748252.jpg
The Jester mk76
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard Pursuing a dove Painting ID:: 31810 new4/Jean-Honore Fragonard-723397.jpg
Pursuing a dove mk76
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard The Sentinel Painting ID:: 31811 new4/Jean-Honore Fragonard-294864.jpg
The Sentinel mk76
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard Recreation by our Gallery Painting ID:: 32587 new9/Jean-Honore Fragonard-464265.jpg
Recreation by our Gallery mk79
Please Select Standard Painting Size
high quality:16x20 (40x51cm)
= $65
high quality:20x24 (51x61cm)
= $85
high quality:24x36 (61x91cm)
= $129
high quality:30x40 (76x102cm)
= $139
high quality:36x48 (91x122cm)
= $209
high quality:48x72 (122x182cm)
= $389
museum quality:16x20
(40x51cm) = $69
museum quality:20x24
(51x61cm) = $89
museum quality:24x36
(61x91cm) = $139
museum quality:30x40
(76x102cm) = $149
museum quality:36x48
(91x122cm) = $219
museum quality:48x72(122x182cm)=$399
Jean-Honore Fragonard Recreation by our Gallery Painting ID:: 32598 new9/Jean-Honore Fragonard-572869.jpg
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Jean-Honore Fragonard
French Rococo Era Painter, 1732-1806
was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific artists active in the last decades of the Ancien Regime, Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings , of which only five are dated. Among his most popular works are genre paintings conveying an atmosphere of intimacy and veiled eroticism. He was born at Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, the son of François Fragonard, a glover, and Françoise Petit. He was articled to a Paris notary when his father's circumstances became strained through unsuccessful speculations, but showed such talent and inclination for art that he was taken at the age of eighteen to François Boucher, who, recognizing the youth's rare gifts but disinclined to waste his time with one so inexperienced, sent him to Chardin's atelier. Fragonard studied for six months under the great luminist, then returned more fully equipped to Boucher, whose style he soon acquired so completely that the master entrusted him with the execution of replicas of his paintings. Though not yet a pupil of the Academy, Fragonard gained the Prix de Rome in 1752 with a painting of "Jeroboam Sacrificing to the Golden Calf", but before proceeding to Rome he continued to study for three years under Charles-Andre van Loo. In the year preceding his departure he painted the "Christ washing the Feet of the Apostles" now at Grasse cathedral. On September 17, 1756, he took up his abode at the French Academy in Rome, then presided over by Charles-Joseph Natoire. While at Rome, Fragonard contracted a friendship with a fellow painter, Hubert Robert. In 1760, they toured Italy together, executing numerous sketches of local scenery. It was in these romantic gardens, with their fountains, grottos, temples and terraces, that Fragonard conceived the dreams which he was subsequently to render in his art. He also learned to admire the masters of the Dutch and Flemish schools (Rubens, Hals, Rembrandt, Ruisdael), imitating their loose and vigorous brushstrokes. Added to this influence was the deep impression made upon his mind by the florid sumptuousness of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, whose works he had an opportunity to study in Venice before he returned to Paris in 1761. In 1765 his "Coresus et Callirhoe" secured his admission to the Academy. It was made the subject of a pompous (though not wholly serious) eulogy by Diderot, and was bought by the king, who had it reproduced at the Gobelins factory. Hitherto Fragonard had hesitated between religious, classic and other subjects; but now the demand of the wealthy art patrons of Louis XV's pleasure-loving and licentious court turned him definitely towards those scenes of love and voluptuousness with which his name will ever be associated, and which are only made acceptable by the tender beauty of his color and the virtuosity of his facile brushwork;