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 FIIAGOXAKD knighted by Bayard (1819), Francis I. and ' Lis Sister looking at Pictures brought by Prhnaticeio, Fine Arts crowned by Genius (1827), ceilings in Louvre ; Battle at Marig- 11:1110. Wall paintings in the Luxembourg, and at Versailles and Orleans. Larousse, viii. 700 ; Ga/. des B. Arts (1881). FRAGONARD, JEAN HONORIS, born at Grass c, 1' rove n c e, April 5, 1732, died in Paris, Aug. 2-2, 1800. Genre and decorative painter and e n graver, p u p i 1 of Chardin and Boucher. In 1752 obtained the grand prix de Rome for his Jeroboam, now in the Kcole des Beaux Arts. In Italy studied especially Tiepolo ; after his return, received into the Academy in 1705. He treated the same class of subjects as his master, Boucher, with sur- prising lidelity and unbridled license. His step-sister, Marguerite Gerard (born 1751), assisted him in many works. Works : The High-Priest Coresus sacrificing himself to save Callirrhoo (1705), Landscape. Music Lesson, Nymphs at their Bath, The Shep- herd's Hour, Storm, Bacchante Asleep, Young Woman and Cupid, Guitar Player (1709), Study, Inspiration, Fancy Figure of Young Man, Woman and Child, Louvre, Paris ; Portrait of a Boy, Nantes Museum ; Plutarch's Dream, Rouen Museum ; Portrait of Bayard, Versailles Museum ; Adoration of Shepherds, Lille Museum ; The Dinner on the Grass, Amiens Museum ; Young Girl at Fountain, Grenoble Museum ; Young Boy, Nancy Museum ; The Woes of Love, Orleans Museum ; City of Marseilles pro- tected by Mercury, Marseilles Museum; The Swing, Fountain of Pleasure, Garden of Fontainebleau, Hertford House, London ; Farmer's Children, Hermitage, St. Peters- burg ; Sacrifice of Callirrhoc, Acudemia S. Fernando, Madrid ; The Kiss, La/ienski Gallery, Warsaw ; family portraits, Due d'Aumale ; Oath of Love, Narischkine sale (1883), 42,000 fr.; Return to Lodgings, do., 17,000 fr. Gaz. des B. Arts (1805), xviii. 32, 132 ; (1885), xxxii. 481; Portfolio (1873), iv. 2 ; Ch. Blanc, Kcole fran<;ais ; Dohme, 3 ; Goucourt, L'art du xviii. Siecle, ii. 311 ; Houssaye, Hist, de 1'Art fran<;ais, 325 ; Jal., 005 ; Wurzbach, Fr. Maler des xviii. Jahrh., 30. FRANCAIS, FRANCOIS LOUIS, born at Plombieres (Vos- ges), Nov. 17, 1814. Landscape painter, pupil of Gigoux and Co- rot. Paints French and Ital- ian scenes. Med- als : 3d class, 1841 ; 1st class, 1848,1855, 1807; medal of honour, 1878 ; L. of Honour, 1853 ; Officer, 1807. W T orks : Song under the Willows (1837) ; Old Garden (1841), View near Paris (1844), Plombieres Museum; Under the Willows (1852), Tours Museum ; End of Winter (1853), Orpheus (1803), Daphnis and Chloe (1872), Setting Sun, Lux- embourg Museum ; Ravine of Nepi, View near Rome (1853) ; Path through the Wheat (1855) ; Brook of Neuf-Pre (1857) ; River Gapeau, Beech Trees on Coast of Grace (1859), Bordeaux Museum ; View at Lower Meudon, Prince Napoleon ; Evening (1861), Epinal Museum ; By the W 7 ater (18G1), Nantes Museum ; Sacred Woods, Italian 78