Jean-Honoré Fragonard
The Happy Family
c. 177553.9 x 65.1 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Timken Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 461
Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 36
Provenance
Possibly collection of Monsieur Servat, at least in 1777, or possibly sale of Comtesse du Barry, Radix de Sainte Foy, La Ferré, et al., by Alexandre J. Paillet at Hôtel d'Aligre, Paris, 17 February 1777, nr. 55
purchased by Aubert
Duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (1747-1827)
Poilleux collection, Paris
Eduardo Guinle (1878-1941), Rio de Janeiro
with Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Paris and New York
sold 1919 to Nicolas Ambatielos, London
William R. Timken (1866-1949), New York, by 1935
by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken (1881-1959), New York
bequest 1960 to NGA
Other works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
A Game of Hot Cockles
c. 1775/80
c. 1775/80
The Swing
c. 1775/80
c. 1775/80
Girl Playing with Her Dog (La Gimblette)
c. 1770
c. 1770
A Game of Horse and Rider
c. 1775/80
c. 1775/80
Young Girl Reading
c. 1770
c. 1770