Gravure/gravure ancienne de le plus cher Nicolas Delaunay daprès Jean Henri Fragonard, 1779

Offering is an antique etching/engraving by Nicholas Delaunay after Jean Henri Fragonard 1779. While the picture is well known the prints are rather scarce. The piece is entitled "La Bonne Mere"."The good mother" The framed and matted etching/print is in very good condition for its age. The frame measures 25 1/2" x 31 1/2" and the image measures 18" x 23 1/2".It it framed with an attractive wood frame and has a French mat.

The artist, Jean Henri Fragonard (1732-1806) was a French Rococo painter and print maker and was a pupil of Francois Boucher (1703-1770.One of the most successful artists of the Rococo Period. The engraver, Nicolas Delaunay (1739-1792) was a French graphic artist and engraver.