Villa Fragonard in Grasse

The Villa Fragonard in Grasse is a late 17th-century bastide. It preserves works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard and other artist members of his family.

You enter via a staircase featuring stunning frescoes by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. They are in grisaille, showing an enlargement of the real door by a trompe-l'oeil door. Masonic and revolutionary symbols are also featured.
Several rooms make up the interior of the bastide, exhibiting copies of important works by Fragonard.

What works and why copies?

Some of the works on display were commissioned by Mme du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, but she refused.
A few years later, her cousin, the enlightened Alexandre Maubert, owner of the bastide, welcomed Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
The artist exhibited the 4 rejected works, Progrès de l'Amour dans le cœur d'une jeune fille, and completed the salon's decoration with other paintings.
Unfortunately, a descendant of Alexandre Maubert sold the paintings, which are now in New York. They are known as the Fragonard de Grasse.
Thankfully, the seller had taken care to have very faithful copies made, which are now on display.

Other exhibits at Villa Fragonard

Since the acquisition of the villa by the city of Grasse, the museum has been enriched. On display, for example, are works by other members of his family (his son Alexandre Fragonard, his sister-in-law Marguerite Gérard, his grandson Théophile Fragonard), the painter's paint box, among others.

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Practical information about the Villa Fragonard in Grasse

Villa Fragonard
23 boulevard Fragonard
06130 Grasse

Opening
School vacations (zone B): 1pm to 5:45pm.
July 1 to August 31: 1pm to 6:45pm.
Closing: May 1, December 25 and January 1.
The villa is currently closed.

Official website

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  Jean-Marc Foulquier