Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 451
Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 31

Literature
Gilles Néret, Renoir, Köln, 2019, p. 94

Exhibitions

2007 Inspiring Impressionism. The Impressionists and the art of the past, Nr. 38

Provenance

Verrier
his sale, Paillet at Hôtel d'Aligre, Paris, 11 March 1776 and days following, nr. 80
purchased by Mailly or Neiully [sic]
sale, Paillet at Hôtel d'Aligre, Paris, 7 February 1777, nr. 15
Jean François Leroy de Sennéville (1715-1784), Paris
his sale, Chariot and Paillet at Hôtel de Bullion, Paris, 5-11 April 1780, nr. 59
purchased by Duquesnoy, Paris
his sale, at his residence by Regnault, Paris, 1-3 March 1803, nr. 19
sale, Alliance des Arts, Paris, 26 April 1844, nr. 14
Casimir Perrin, marquis de Cypierre (1783-1844), Paris
his estate sale, at his residence by Thoré, Paris, 10 March 1845 and days following, nr. 55
Comte Pierre de Kergorlay (1847-1919), by 1889
with E. Gimpel and Wildenstein, Paris
sold 1899 to Ernest Cronier (1840-1905), Paris
his estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 4-5 December 1905, 1st day, nr. 8
purchased by Ducrey
Dr. Théodore Tuffier (1859-1929), Paris, by 1910 (or possibly purchased 1905 at Cronier sale through Ducrey), until at least 1928
with Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Paris, New York, and London
Alfred W. Erickson (1876-1936), New York, by 1930
by inheritance to his wife, Anna Edith McCann Erickson (died 1961), New York
her sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 November 1961, nr. 16
purchased by NGA with funds provided by Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901-1969), New York

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1961.16.1

Other works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Girl Playing with Her Dog (La Gimblette)
c. 1770

A Game of Horse and Rider
c. 1775/80

'Say Please'

Love as Folly
c. 1773/76

The Visit to the Nursery
c. 1775