Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Blindman's Buff



Jean-Honoré Fragonard - Blindman's Buff



Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Blindman's Buff
c. 1775/80
216.2 x 197.8 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. Kress Collection


Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 455
Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 40


Provenance

Casimir Perrin, marquis de Cypierre (1783-1844), Paris
his estate sale, at his residence by Thoré, Paris, 10 March 1845 and day following, nr. 52 or 53
possibly marquise de Montesquiou-Fezensac, Paris
Camille Groult (1837-1908), Paris, until at least 1889
with Wildenstein & Co., New York
sold February 1954 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1961 to NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1961.9.16

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