Jean Honoré Fragonard

The Two Sisters



Jean Honoré Fragonard - The Two Sisters



Jean Honoré Fragonard
The Two Sisters
c. 1769-70
71.8 x 55.9 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Julia A. Berwind, 1953


Provenance

Louis Gabriel de Véri-Raionard, marquis de Véri, Paris, until died 1785
his estate sale, Hôtel de Bullion, Paris, 12 December 1785, nr. 35, as "deux jeunes filles occupées à des jeux de leur âge; la plus petite est montée sur un cheval de carton," 37 x 30 pouces [39 1/2 x 32 in.], for 350 livres to Saint-Marc
Jean Paul André des Rasins, marquis de Saint-Marc, from 1785
private collection, near Stockholm, Sweden (sold to Zarine)
A. Zarine, Consul General of Russia, Paris, until 1916; sold to Wildenstein
with Gimpel & Wildenstein, Paris and New York, 1916–18; sold for $194,000 to Berwind
Edward J. Berwind, New York, 1918–died 1936
his sister, Julia A. Berwind, New York, 1936–53
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 53.61.5

Other works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard


Jean Honoré Fragonard The Love Letter
The Love Letter
early 1770s

Jean Honore Fragonard Psyche being abandoned by Cupid
Psyche being abandoned by Cupid

Jean Honoré Fragonard Roman Interior
Roman Interior
c. 1760

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Cephalus and Procris
Cephalus and Procris
c. 1755

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Jupiter and Callisto
Jupiter and Callisto
c. 1755