ID: 700007449 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007449	Record Type: Movable Work
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The Fountain of Love (oil painting (visual work); Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French painter, 1732 - 1806) ; about 1785; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 99.PA.30;)

Note: In the midst of a verdant forest, a young man and woman eagerly rush forward, their feet just reaching the edge of a fountain's basin. Putti frolic in the waters and the billowing spray of the fountain; one of them offers a cup of the magical liquid for the young lovers to drink. The Fountain of Love is the focal point of The Garden of Love, an allegory of the nurture and progress of love which has its origins in the poetry of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages. The fountain brings forth the water in which cupid dips his arrows or from which lovers drink and fall in love. This romantic motif has appeared in painting of nearly every period, from the Renaissance to Rubens. During the 18th century, artists came to treat the Fountain of Love almost as a genre subject, with lovers in contemporary dress flirting in a garden around a decorative fountain. The climax of this tradition is Fragonard's own great Progress of Love series (1771-3; Frick Collection, New York). With The Fountain of Love, Fragonard returns the allegory to its classical origins and imbues it with rush of those thrilling, beguiling moments of the first taste of love.

Titles:

The Fountain of Love (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil painting (visual work) [300033799] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1785

Creator Display:

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French painter, 1732 - 1806) [preferred,JPGM]

painter Fragonard, Jean Honore (French painter and draftsman, 1732-1806) [500115329]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 99.PA.30

Other: Creation: France [1000070] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 64.1 x 52.7 cm (25 1/4 x 20 3/4 in.); Framed: 84.5 x 73 x 6 cm (33 1/4 x 28 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Rococo [300021155] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

literary

Specific Subjects:

	Fountain of Love [901000788]
	.....((Miscellaneous Legendary Places, Miscellaneous Topics)) (ICON)

	putti (children) [300307716]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)

	couple [300379217]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups) (AAT)

	love (emotion) [300055165]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts, emotion, positive emotions) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
The Fountain of Love	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)