Jean-Honoré Fragonard

French | 1732 - 1806

Jean-Honoré Fragonard was a French Old Masters painter who was born in 1732. Their work is currently being shown at Philipp Pflug Contemporary in Frankfurt Am Main. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Frick Collection have featured Jean-Honoré Fragonard's work in the past.Jean-Honoré Fragonard's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 3 USD to 27,934,412 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 27,934,412 USD for Portrait of François-Henri, 5th duc d'Harcourt, half-length and looking over his shoulder to his left, sold at Bonhams New Bond Street in 2013. In the past 12 months, their photographs have averaged 19,584 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 8,581 USD.Jean-Honoré Fragonard has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Chicago Sun-Times and ArtDependence Magazine. The most recent article is Art Institute of Chicago Acquires 2,000 French Artworks written for Artmajeur Magazine in February 2025. The artist died in 1806.

Artist's alternative names: Fragonard, Honoré Fragonard

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JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD Limited 1800s Etching The Demon Belphegor Framed

By Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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Jean-Honore Fragonard Limited 1800s Etching Le Diable en Enfer Framed

By Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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1800s Jean-Honore FRAGONARD Etching Hans Carvel finds a Wife LIMITED Framed

By Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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Notable Lots

le verrou (the bolt)

By Jean-Honoré Fragonard

2 works: Le Jour (Day); La Nuit (Night)

By Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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Le Verrou

Attributed to Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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Upcoming Lots

Jean-Honore FRAGONARD Limited 1800s Etching Le Tableau FRAMED

By Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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1800s JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD Etching The Mandrake Framed LIMITED

By Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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Jean-Honore Fragonard Limited 1800s Etching Le Diable en Enfer Framed

By Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD - Reading on the couch - Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD - Reading on the couch ,1959

By Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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Recent Auction Results

Jean-Honore Fragonard Mezzotint "The Fountain of Love" SIGNED FRAMED

By Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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LIMITED 1800s Jean-Honore FRAGONARD Limited Etching THE HERMIT Framed

By Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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1800s LIMITED Jean-Honore FRAGONARD Etching La clochette FRAMED

By Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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Current Exhibitions

Papier

Philipp Pflug Contemporary

Frankfurt Am Main | Germany

Feb 15,2025 - Apr 12,2025

Past Exhibitions

Berthe Morisot and the art of the 18th Century: Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, Perronneau

Musée Marmottan Monet

16e | Paris | France

Oct 18,2023 - Mar 03,2024

Fine Lines: Works on Paper from the Masterson Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Rienzi

Houston | Texas | USA

Sep 01,2023 - Oct 01,2023

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Articles

Art Institute of Chicago Acquires 2,000 French Artworks

Artmajeur Magazine 14/02/2025

The Art Institute of Chicago has expanded its collection of French art with the acquisition of the prestigious Horvitz Collection, adding more than 2,000 works from the 18th to the 20th century.

The Art Institute of Chicago announced a Transformative Gift of 16th- to 19th-Century French Art

ArtDependence Magazine 12/02/2025

This unparalleled gift will allow the museum to provide its visitors with a 300-year panorama of French art that is wholly unique outside of France.

Art Institute announces 'transformative gift' of French art

Chicago Sun-Times 12/02/2025

Chicago collectors Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz have donated 200 paintings, 50 sculptures and nearly 2,000 drawings by some of the biggest names in French art.

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Coverage

“ ..Fragonard is considered one of the premier artists of the Rococo era of 18th-century French painting, and is known for portraying romantic pastoral themes with fluidity and skill... ”
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Toledo Museum of Art

“ ..Fragonard’s fantasy figures are shown alongside a newly discovered drawing covered with 18 thumbnail-sized sketches and apparently annotated in the rococo artist's own hand... ”
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National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

“ ..Fragonard strove to create a specific portrait type that showcased the painterly skill for which he was renowned... ”
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National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

“ ..Indeed, forceful yet allusive “secret” works for licentious amateurs, created at the beginning of the 1760, contributed to portraying Fragonard as a libertine and painter of ladies’ salons and other intimate... ”
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Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais