# Pierrot Catching a Fly

- By: Philippe Mercier (French, 1689–1760)
- Date: 1740–50
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 58.6 × 74 cm (23 1/16 × 29 1/8 in.); Framed: 86.4 × 102.3 × 11.5 cm (34 × 40 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. Sterling Morton
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/31819)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/0f5d304147fa66b343e87aa712c2fcbb.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)