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The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Hyacinth
Jean Honoré Fragonard French
After Ludovico Carracci Italian
Not on view
Fragonard and his patron, Saint-Non, made a leisurely return trip to Paris, stopping to take in the artistic treasures of the cities they passed through. They stayed a month in Bologna, an important destination on the itineraries of visitors to Italy in the eighteenth century. In this drawing, Fragonard easily translates the imposing figures and dramatic lighting of an altarpiece by the Bolognese painter Ludovico Carracci into his own style. Crisp lines describe the facets and folds of the major forms, while soft, even hatching in a range of densities lends volume and atmosphere to the scene.
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