Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Love as Folly
c. 1773/7655.9 x 46.4 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., In memory of Kate Seney Simpson
Literature
Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 34
Provenance
Possibly Jean François Leroy de Sennéville (1715-1784), Paris
possibly his sale, Chariot and Paillet at Hôtel de Bulion, Paris, 5-11 April 1780, nr. 56
possibly purchased by Verrier
possibly Marquis de Véri
possibly his sale, Paillet, Paris, 12 December 1785, nr. 39
possibly purchased by Millin
possibly Folliot
possibly Folliot sale, Regnault, Paris, 15 April 1793, nr. 50
Marquis des Isnards
with Wildenstein, London, New York, and Paris
probably held jointly with Ernest Gimpel, New York
sold 1905/1906 to John Woodruff Simpson (1850-1920), New York
by inheritance to his widow, Katherine Seney Simpson (died 1943), New York
by inheritance to her daughter, Jean W. Simpson (1897-1980)
gift 1947 to NGA
Other works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Young Girl Reading
c. 1770
c. 1770
'Say Please'
The Visit to the Nursery
c. 1775
c. 1775
Blindman's Buff
c. 1775/80
c. 1775/80
The Progress of Love: Reverie
1790-91
1790-91