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| The Stolen Kiss | |
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| Artist | Jean-Honoré Fragonard |
| Year | 1886 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 168.5 cm × 168.5 cm (66.3 in × 66.3 in) |
| Location | Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain |
The Stolen Kiss is a painting by French painter Jean Honore Fragonard (1732–1806) from end 1780s, depicting a secretive romance. The painting was hosted in the collection of the Hermitage, in St. Petersburg. The style of the painting was characteristic of the French Rococo period and was favoured by the wealthy art patrons of his time.
Painting
The painting depicts a passionate kiss between two lovers, showing a young lady in creme-coloured silk gown that has left her company for a secret meting with a young man. The composition is diagonal, made up by an axis composed through her leaning figure, the shawl and the balcony door opening from the outside, ending with the table the shawl has draped over. The painting offers an array of compositional contrasts between colors and shadows: the spatial intersections are complex.
Jean-Honoré Fragonard's works display the kind of eroticism and voluptuousness and the liking for romantic folly that was popular before the French Revolution among French aristocrats. Fragonard includes scenes of voyeurism in his paintings. This scene is depicting the stolen kiss in lavish surroundings, containing luxurious details of textures, silks and lace, like the rug with flower pattern, silk draperies, her shawl on the chair, the elegantly clad ladies that are visible through the open door. The dominant French culture influenced how Fragonard chosen his themes, that were mostly erotic or love scenes, painted for Louis XV's pleasure-loving court's enjoyment.
References
- ^ "ean-Honore-Fragonard/Stolen-Kiss". www.arthermitage.org. Retrieved 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - "The Guardian Culture". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - "the+stolen+kiss+by+fragonard". books.google.se. Retrieved 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - "the-age-of-watteau-chardin-and-fragonard". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - "The Guardian Culture". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - "the+stolen+kiss+by+fragonard". books.google.se. Retrieved 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - "the-age-of-watteau-chardin-and-fragonard". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2015.
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External links
Life and Paintings of Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732 – 1806)
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