Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard (26 October 1780 – 10 November 1850) was a French

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and

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in the troubadour style. He received his first training from his father and drew from him his piquant subjects and great facility, perfecting them under

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. His parents were

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and Marie-Anne Fragonard. He was born in

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, and died in

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Works

His paintings include: * ''Francis I Armed as a Knight'' * ''Francis I Receiving Primaticcio'' (ceiling of the

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) * ''Joan of Arc Climbing to the Stake'' * ''Tasso Reading Jerusalem Delivered'' * ''Francis I at Marignan'' * '' Mirabeau Replying to Dreux-Brézé'' As a sculptor, he produced the old

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of the

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and a colossal statue of Pichegru. He designed an engraving called the ''Interior of a Revolutionary Committee under the Terror'', which was engraved by Pierre-Gabriel Berthault and Claude Nicolas Malapeau in 1802. File:Diane & goujon.jpg, ''Diane de Poitiers in the studio of Jean Goujon'', 1825 File:Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard - The Immured - WGA08047.jpg, ''The Immured'' based on the legend of the Château du Bousquet, recorded in the ''Chronicle of the House of Roquefeuil'' (1926) by Colonel Daupeyroux which tells of a lord who walled up his daughter and a neighbor lover over an illicit affair Image:SchlafzimmerBartholomaeusnacht.jpg, Scene in the bedroom of Marguerite of Valois during the night of

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, 1836,

Musée du Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

References

Citations

General and cited references

* ''Dictionnaire Bouillet'' (''Bouillet Dictionary'')

External links

Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard short biography in ART “4” “2”-DAY
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