Jean Honoré Fragonard, 1770 - Portrait of a Man in Spanish Costume - fine art print

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard is perhaps best known for his light-hearted, amorous subjects, which seem to embody the spirit of eighteenth-century France. This work, painted in lively brushstrokes, represents another important aspect of Fragonard’s genius—in a series of fantasy portraits, he used references to earlier artists to enliven his own characterizations of his patrons and artistic friends. Here the identity of the sitter is unknown; however, the half-length format, the rapid, virtuoso handling of the paint, and the use of seventeenth-century costume link this work to the fantasy portraits. In this instance, Fragonard took as his starting point a painting of an actor by the Italian Baroque artist Domenico Fetti, then in a leading Parisian collection; in other related portraits, the French painter was inspired by the bravura style of the Flemish artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. Two paintings from this series bear inscriptions stating that they were painted in one hour. Whether or not this is literally true, the direct, personal quality that results from Fragonard’s command of the medium makes this series particularly appealing to a modern sensibility.

Portrait of a Man in Spanish Costume was created by the male painter Jean Honoré Fragonard in the year 1770. The original measures the size: 80,3 × 64,7 cm (31 5/8 × 25 1/2 in) and was painted on the medium oil on canvas. It can be viewed in in the digital art collection of Art Institute Chicago located in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. With courtesy of - Art Institute Chicago (license - public domain). The creditline of the artpiece is: Gift of Mary and Leigh Block in honor of John Maxon. The alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait and has a side ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width.

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