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Original Painting |
Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806)
The Stolen Kiss.
Oil on canvas, The
Hermitage Museum collection
France. Late 1780s
Source of Entry: Collection of the King of
Poland, Stanislaw Augustus Poniatowski.
1895
Original: 45 x 55 cm
Current state:
May 22, 2007 - the
copying
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Jean-Honore
Fragonard's late
period was marked by his careful study of the Dutch 17th-century masters,
whose influence is felt in this masterpiece from the 1790s, The Stolen
Kiss. The smooth, enamel-like surface of the painting, the blended
brushstrokes used to convey the details so precisely, unavoidably recall
the work of the Dutch artists Metsu and Terborch. Fragonard lovingly
depicts surface texture and the material of which each object is made.
Yet the subject itself is a pretty, amusing scene taken from life, with
that grace and lightness in the movements of the two heroes which is so
typical of French art of the time. The painting lies firmly within the
traditions of the rococo style - already being affected by realistic
tendencies in the second half of the 18th century. |
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