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 knighted by Bayard (1819), Francis I. and his Sister looking at Pictures brought by Primaticcio, Fine Arts crowned by Genius (1827), ceilings in Louvre; Battle at Marignano. Wall paintings in the Luxembourg, and at Versailles and Orléans.—Larousse, viii. 700; Gaz. des B. Arts (1881).

FRAGONARD, JEAN HONORÉ, born at Grasse, Provence, April 5, 1732, died in Paris, Aug. 22, 1806. Genre and decorative painter and engraver, pupil of Chardin and Boucher. In 1752 obtained the grand prix de Rome for his Jeroboam, now in the École des Beaux Arts. In Italy studied especially Tiepolo; after his return, received into the Academy in 1765. He treated the same class of subjects as his master, Boucher, with surprising fidelity and unbridled license. His step-sister, Marguerite Gérard (born 1751), assisted him in many works. Works: The High-Priest Coresus sacrificing himself to save Callirrhoë (1765), Landscape, Music Lesson, Nymphs at their Bath, The Shepherd's Hour, Storm, Bacchante Asleep, Young Woman and Cupid, Guitar Player (1769), 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, Orléans Museum; City of Marseilles protected by Mercury, Marseilles Museum; The Swing, Fountain of Pleasure, Garden of Fontainebleau, Hertford House, London; Farmer's Children, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Sacrifice of Callirrhoë, Academia S. Fernando, Madrid; The Kiss, Lazienski Gallery, Warsaw; family portraits, Duc d'Aumale; Oath of Love, Narischkine sale (1883), 42,000 fr.; Return to Lodgings, do., 17,000 fr.—Gaz. des B. Arts (1865), xviii. 32, 132; (1885), xxxii. 481; Portfolio (1873), iv. 2; Ch. Blanc, École français; Dohme, 3; Goncourt, L'art du xviii. Siècle, ii. 311; Houssaye, Hist. de l'Art français, 325; Jal., 605; Wurzbach, Fr. Maler des xviii. Jahrh., 36.

FRANÇAIS, FRANÇOIS LOUIS, born at Plombières (Vosges), Nov. 17, 1814. Landscape painter, pupil of Gigoux and Corot. Paints French and Italian scenes. Medals: 3d class, 1841; 1st class, 1848, 1855, 1867; medal of honour, 1878; L. of Honour, 1853; Officer, 1867. Works: Song under the Willows (1837); Old Garden (1841), View near Paris (1844), Plombières Museum; Under the Willows (1852), Tours Museum; End of Winter (1853), Orpheus (1863), Daphnis and Chloë (1872), Setting Sun, Luxembourg Museum; Ravine of Nepi, View near Rome (1853); Path through the Wheat (1855); Brook of Neuf-Pré (1857); River Gapeau, Beech Trees on Coast of Gráce (1859), Bordeaux Museum; View at Lower Meudon, Prince Napoleon; Evening (1861), Epinal Museum; By the Water (1861), Nantes Museum; Sacred Woods, Italian