The marriage of Fragonard was quite happy. This is confirmed by numerous family scenes written by the artist. Among them there are many children’s portraits – and finished, like “A Boy in a Pierrot Costume,” ca. 1780, and less detailed sketches. A lot of tears of emotion shed the ladies over his family idylls – such, for example, as “Happy Mother”, ca. 1773. And for his rare religious paintings, the artist chose the subjects connected with the childhood years of Christ – “Adoration of the Shepherds”.
Related Paintings
Adoration des bergers – Jean Honoré Fragonard 
Gate by Jean Honore Fragonard 
Love letter by Jean-Honore Fragonard 
Meeting by Jean Honore Fragonard 
Peasant children by Jean Honoré Fragonard 
Kiss furtively by Jean-Honore Fragonard 
The Kiss Won by Jean Honoré Fragonard 
The worship of the shepherds by Jacopo Bassano