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CURRENT LOCATION · Frick Collection
03 — ARTWORK
FRAGONARD, Jean-Honoré · 1771 →
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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The painting belongs to a series of four entitled Progress of Love. The cycle, often regarded as the artist's masterpieceA term now loosely applied to the finest work by a particular artist or to any work of art of acknowledged greatness or of preeminence in its field. Originally it meant the piece of work by which a craftsman, having finished his training, gained the rank of'master' in his guild., was painted for Mme du Barry, Louis XV's most beautiful mistress. The paintings, however, were returned by Mme du Barry since that time the taste has been already turned against Fragonard's lighthearted style.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {The Progress of Love: The Confession of Love by FRAGONARD, Jean-Honoré},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-14},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fragonard-jean-honor-r2d14468bbb6023/the-progress-of-love-the-confession-of-love-r5c002e57df3966},
urldate = {2026-09-14},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-14. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.