Lot Essay
For further information about this artist and examples of her work, see P. Rosenberg, 'De qui sont les miniatures de Fragonard?', Revue de l'Art, no. 111, 1996/1, pp. 66-76.
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MARIE-ANNE FRAGONARD, NÉE GERARD (FRENCH, 1745-1823)
Details
MARIE-ANNE FRAGONARD, NÉE GERARD (FRENCH, 1745-1823)
A girl, in white dress with frilled collar, blue ribbon, choker and ribbons in her hair, a brown stole wrapped around her shoulders
On ivory
Oval, 70 mm. high, in silver-gilt réverbère frame with white enamel-studded border
A girl, in white dress with frilled collar, blue ribbon, choker and ribbons in her hair, a brown stole wrapped around her shoulders
On ivory
Oval, 70 mm. high, in silver-gilt réverbère frame with white enamel-studded border
Provenance
Michel Heine Collection.
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) Collection, New York; Christie's, London, 24 June 1935, lot 525 (as by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 170 gns. to Bacri).
Galerie Koller, Zurich, 23 November 1993, no. 1608 (as by Jean-Honoré Fragonard).
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) Collection, New York; Christie's, London, 24 June 1935, lot 525 (as by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 170 gns. to Bacri).
Galerie Koller, Zurich, 23 November 1993, no. 1608 (as by Jean-Honoré Fragonard).
Literature
G. C. Williamson, Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures, the Property of J. Pierpont Morgan, London, 1906-07, III, p. 169, no. 540H, illustrated pl. CLXXXII, no. 2 (as by Jean-Honoré Fragonard).
D. Wildenstein, L'opera completa di Fragonard, Milan, 1972, p. 112, no. 572, illustrated fig. 573.
D. Wildenstein, L'opera completa di Fragonard, Milan, 1972, p. 112, no. 572, illustrated fig. 573.
Exhibited
Paris, Hôtel de Chimay, L'Art Français sous Louis XIV et sous Louis XV au profit de l'Œuvre de l'Hospitalité de Nuit, 1888.
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