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Jean-Honore Fragonard : “The Sacrifice of the Rose” (c. 1780)

Museum Quality Giclée on Fine Art Paper

  • Matte Finish does not pick up glare from interior lighting
  • Smooth Surface maximizes sharpness and preserves detail
  • Accent Borders display the artwork uncropped and ready to mat
  • In-house Printing assures artistic quality standards

In this highly finished drawing, two lovers are represented as mythical heroes partaking in a sacred ritual. In a cloud-filled ancient temple, a beautiful maiden offers a rose to Cupid, whose statue is perched high on a pedestal. A handsome winged man — variously identified as Eros, Amor, or Hymen (god of marriage, whose attribute is a torch) — hovers near her, gazing attentively as he torches her flower and she swoons in rapture. Quite obviously this is an allegorical representation of sexual ecstasy and a woman’s loss of virginity.

The dramatic play of light and dark, the evocative atmospheric effects, and the general composition all show the influence of Italian Baroque art, which Fragonard admired and studied avidly during two stays in Italy. Gianlorenzo Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa was a primary inspiration. Fragonard slyly recast Bernini’s angel and virgin saint as lovers, adopting similar poses, expressions, and dress. The curving Corinthian colonnade of Fragonard’s temple of love recalls the architecture in Bernini’s work. These borrowings lend the work a spiritual dimension.

Credit Line: Text courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (CC BY 3.0).

Product Information

Expect crisp detail and vivid color from our giclée process fine art prints. We use archival pigment inks on cotton fiber paper to achieve a wide color gamut, deep blacks and beautiful tonal transitions. Unlike posters, they will not fade or yellow, but maintain their original quality for as long as you own them.

How to Frame

Historical artworks were produced in whatever shapes and sizes best suited the artists and their patrons, and these rarely correspond to the proportions of modern, mass-produced frames. Most reproductions sold on the web are cropped to an arbitrary standard, compromising the integrity of the original artwork. We solve this by using accent borders to make up any differences in proportion.

Framing may be as simple as inserting the print into a standard size frame with the borders showing. In many cases, our customers choose to have them matted. Borders allow space for framers to mount the print while covering little, if any, of the artwork. Our images are sized to provide desirable mat widths in common frames.

Sizes 9” x 12”, 12” x 16”, and 16” x 20” are designed to be matted in larger frames, such as 11” x 14”, 16” x 20” and 20” x 24”, respectively. Larger prints may be matted in frames of equal size, the borders corresponding to the shape of the mat. Where the artwork is unusually square or narrow, other sizes may be preferred.

If our sizing does not meet your requirements, we provide customization free of charge. Please contact us to discuss the details.

Shipping and Returns

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* International orders may be subject to import taxes at time of delivery.

Returns Policy

If you are unhappy with your order for any reason, you are welcome to return it within 60 days for a full refund. Please contact us and return your item(s) to: The Ibis 809 Grant Street Endicott, NY 13760

Your return will be processed on receipt.
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