Rinaldo and Armida

Artwork: Rinaldo and Armida

Period: Rococo

Artist: Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Created: c. 1763

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 72 x 91 cm

Location: Private Collection

“The zenith of frivolity is reached in Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) whose verve is almost defiant dancing on the volcano’s edge, and who lived to see the eruption. Fragonard’s eager curving lines sway and unite amorously throughout his compositions. . .But woman remained objects of lascivious attention rather than people; they are forever bathing, or putting men under their immortal spill, as the vogue for pictures of the Rinaldo and Armida story proves.” (ML)

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