Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
One of Fragonard’s earliest etchings, this picturesque view of an imaginary terraced Italian garden is perhaps inspired by memories of the grounds at the Villa d’Este in Tivoli, where he spent time in 1760. Fragonard’s spontaneously scribbled, willowy lines and his choice of black-gray ink give the etching a silvery quality that evokes the hazy atmosphere of hot Italian summers. Beneath the sun-dappled foliage, between the lion statues, a young woman encounters a youth resting on the steps.
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Jean Honoré Fragonard — The Little Park
Thomas Gainsborough|George Frost — Landscape with Figures
Thomas Gainsborough|John & Josiah Boydell — Wooded Landscape
Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century|Anonymous, Dutch, 18th centur
Jean Jacques de Boissieu|Jacob van Ruisdael — Wheat Field
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)|Richard Earlom|John Boydell —
Charles-François Daubigny — The Approaching Storm
Anonymous — Mediterranean Landscape with a Villa in the Dist
Thomas Gainsborough — Wooded Landscape with Country Cart, Co
Jean Honoré Fragonard — View of a Park
Salvator Rosa — Landscape with a herdsmen
Anthonie Waterloo — A Mother and Children Resting
