The Two Sisters
ca. 1769-70
Jean-Honoré Fragonard captures a tender, playful moment between two young girls dressed in sumptuous silk gowns of buttery yellow and soft pink. Their powdered hair is piled high in the fashionable style of the French aristocracy, though their youthful faces glow with a natural, rosy innocence. Notice the little puppet or doll peeking out from the bottom left corner—it hints at the playful, theatrical world of childhood that the artist loved to depict. Hanging in London's Wallace Collection today, this Rococo gem radiates the lightness, luxury, and fleeting joy of 18th-century youth.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
Location: Wallace Collection, London
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