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The Love Letter. Jean Honoré Fragonard French. early 1770s. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 631. Eighteenth-century artists and collectors valued oil sketches, believing that they attested to painters’ first ideas and their physical presence in each work of art.
The Love Letter (Dutch: De liefdesbrief) is a 17th-century genre painting by Jan Vermeer. The painting shows a servant maid commenting to her mistress on a letter the woman holds. The painting is in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
The Love Letter—also referred to as The Two Confidantes, The Messenger, The Lovers’ Secret Mail , and, less convincingly, The Beloved Sheep —typifies the pastoral idiom François Boucher had already made his own by the late 1740s.
Apr 11, 2014 · From its light and color to its intriguing composition and meaning, Fragonard's The Love Letter is as lovely as the delicate woman shown in the painting. Who do you think the letter is from—her husband or a secret lover?
Title: The Love Letter. Creator: Jean Honoré Fragonard. Date Created: early 1770s. Physical Dimensions: 32 3/4 x 26 3/8 in. (83.2 x 67 cm) Type: Painting. External Link:...
The Progress of Love: Love Letters. Love Letters is the last of four panels Fragonard painted for the Comtesse du Barry's pavilion at Louveciennes. This series, The Progress of Love, illustrates the stages of a romantic relationship through pursuit, meeting, commitment, and friendship.
Jan 8, 2024 · ‘The Love Letter’ was created in c.1779 by Jean-Honore Fragonard in Rococo style. Find more prominent pieces of genre painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
