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Premium Attributed to Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-Paris 1806)…
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Attributed to Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-Paris 1806)…
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Lot no. 5
Description
Attributed to Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-Paris 1806)
Two children playing with a dog, fragment
Brown wash over black pencil lines.
(Drawing doubled, slightly oiled, small stains).
Height 14.8 cm; Width: 28.8 cm
Annotated on the reverse of the mount "Tx 3".
Bibliography:
A. Ananoff, l'œuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard 1732-1806, Paris, F. de Nobele, 1968, Tome IV, no. 1157, rep.
Provenance: probably sale of Baron van Balle, 9 April 1781, part of lot 140 where a very similar subject is described: "Two bistre drawings on white paper, one representing two young girls lying next to a young man, and the other among the base of an antique monument, two children playing with a dog & surprised by a woman. These two beautiful drawings are of a pleasant and picturesque composition. Height 16 inches. Width 20 inches, mounted under glass.
We would like to thank Mme Dupuy Vachey for kindly providing us with the provenance of the drawing from the Baron van Balle sale.
We would also like to thank Mrs Eunice Williams who kindly confirmed the authenticity of this drawing based on a photograph.
Expert : Cabinet de BAYSER
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