Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Diana and Endymion
c. 1753/5694.9 x 136.8 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. 447 (as François Boucher)
Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 29
Provenance
Sir Richard Wallace, 1st bt. (1818-1890), London and Paris, by 1883
by inheritance to his wife, Lady Julie-Amélie-Charlotte Castelnau Wallace (1819-1897), London and Paris
by inheritance to her secretary and legatee, Sir John Murray Scott (1847-1912), Paris
by inheritance to his friend, Josephine Victoria Sackville-West, Lady Sackville (1864-1936), Sevenoaks, Kent (painting remained in Paris during this time)
sold 1913 to Jacques Seligmann and Co., Inc., Paris and New York
sold 1914 to M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York, and Paris
sold March 1922 to John McCormack (1884-1945), New York
with M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York, and Paris
sold 1924 to William R. Timken (1866-1949), New York
by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken (1881-1959) New York
bequest 1960 to NGA
Other works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
The Swing
The Souvenir
A Game of Hot Cockles
c. 1775/80
c. 1775/80
The Swing
c. 1775/80
c. 1775/80
The Happy Family
c. 1775
c. 1775