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Jean Honoré Fragonard, Saint Luke, 1763/1764, etching on laid paper, Gift of Kate
Discover works by Giovanni Lanfranco and learn about the artist
Jean Honoré Fragonard, Saint Luke, 1763/1764, etching on laid paper, Gift of Kate
Accession Number 1986.43.261 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and
Accession Number 1986.43.279 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and
Nineteenth-century viewers and critics were immediately taken with Rodin’s three-dimensional group, entitled Paolo and Francesca , the passionate lovers from the fifth canto of Dante’s Inferno . When one enthusiastic critic referred to it as The Kiss , the new title stuck, and the association with Dante’s ill-fated lovers gave way to a more contemporary, universal response to their passionate embrace.
In 1902 Rodin presented it as a souvenir to a loyal American patron, Kate Simpson
Accession Number 1986.56.644.4 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel
Accession Number 1986.56.71 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and
Accession Number 1986.43.273 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and
Accession Number 1986.43.262 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and
Accession Number 1986.56.645.1-54 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel
Accession Number 1986.56.644.1-27 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel