A Young Girl Reading
by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1770
by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1770
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French artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard painted this intimate portrait around 1770, capturing a young woman absorbed in her book. She wears a lemon-yellow dress with purple ribbons, her profile illuminated by soft light. The identity of the sitter is unknown.
Fragonard was the master of Rococo painting, and this work shows his virtuoso brushwork at its best. The buttery strokes of yellow paint, the feathery treatment of the collar, and the soft modeling of the face reveal an artist painting with complete freedom and confidence.
It is one of the most beloved works at the National Gallery of Art and exemplifies the refined sensibility of 18th-century French painting.
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