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The Grand Staircase of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli, 1760, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French, 1732–1806, 32 1/4 x 41 1/4 in. (81.92 x 104.78 cm) (sight)44 1/2 x 53 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (113.03 x 135.89 x 8.89 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, France, 18th century, The talented, versatile French painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard was a gifted landscapist. He took up landscape in earnest during his five years in Italy, including one memorable summer ensconced at the Villa d’Este in Tivoli, which his patron the Abbé de Saint-Non had rented for the season. The villa’s dramatic, picturesque gardens
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