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Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson with a Dog

Jean Honoré Fragonard · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fragonard painted with fast, feathery brushwork that makes his sitters feel caught mid-moment. Here an elegant Frenchwoman cradles her little dog, both of them glancing out at us.

Jean Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (public domain).