Au moment de son premier séjour romain (1756-1761) et surtout après son retour, Fragonard renouvelle son traitement des amours pastorales et populaires. Deux veines s’illustrent alors.
Between 1740 and 1750, the mythological fables of Antiquity illustrated by François Boucher and his disciples became the symbol of a frivolous, even licentious, form of painting...