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Fragonard's Allegories of Love

Fragonard's Allegories of Love

$30.00 at The Getty Museum.

Andrei Molotiu Jean-Honor Fragonard (1732–1806) was a French painter whose late manner is distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. A prolific artist, Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings. The J. Paul Getty Museum's Fragonard masterpiece, The Fountain of Love, is part of a series of his most striking works called the Allegories of Love—exquisite paintings that convey an atmosphere of intimacy and eroticism. This lavishly illustrated book compares and analyzes the compositions…