Young Girl Reading, or The Reader (French: La Liseuse), is an 18th-century oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard.It was purchased by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC in 1961 using funds donated by Ailsa Mellon Bruce, the daughter of Andrew W. Mellon, following her father's death. Order reproductions from the Gallery Shop. Overview In about 1769, Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806) painted a group of works known today as his fantasy figures: vibrant canvases showing individual models garbed in fancy dress and rendered in notably loose brushwork and bright colors. Oil-on-canvas. Open Access image. Athens. During the last decade of his life his artistic production lessened, perhaps in the recognition that his late rococo style was out of step with the times. New analysis was performed between December 2012 and January 2015. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States; Jean-Honoré Fragonard. The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. The painting has been lined, and the tacking margins have been removed. This discovery, which firmly linked Young Girl Reading to the fantasy figure series, was the impetus for the Gallery’s exhibition Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures (2017). 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily, East Building A second trip to Italy in 1773–1774 in the company of the financier Pierre Jacques Onésyme Bergeret de Grancourt (1715–1785), one of the artist’s major patrons, rekindled Fragonard’s interest in landscape and garden imagery, leading to such masterpieces as the Fête at Saint-Cloud (Paris, Banque de France) and the pendants Blindman's Buff and The Swing (NGA), datable to the late 1770s. This text was previously published in Philip Conisbee et al., French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century, The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue (Washington, DC, 2009), 149–150. Permanent collection. ‘Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures’ brings together—for the first time—a newly discovered drawing by Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) and some 14 of his paintings that have been identified with it. Export from an artist page includes image if available, biography, notes, and bibliography. Washington, DC—Combining art, fashion, science, and conservation, the revelatory exhibition Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures brings together—for the first time—a newly discovered drawing by Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) and some 14 of his paintings that have been identified with it including the National Gallery of Art's Young Girl Reading (c. 1769). 14). Fragonard is considered among the most important French painters of his era, and this series casts light on the development of his career, and of the innovative imagery of his fantasy figure series. Correspondence between the Paris and New York offices of Duveen Brothers, Inc., in 1927 and 1928 discusses the painting and the possibility of purchasing it from Tuffier; Wildenstein is also mentioned as a possible buyer (Duveen Brothers Records, Getty Research Institute Library, Los Angeles, accession no. Fragonard was born at Grasse, in the south of France. In 2012, a previously unknown drawing appeared on the art market. Young Girl Reading, or The Reader ( French: La Liseuse ), is an 18th-century oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Due to an increase in the translucency of the surface paint, the outline, eyes, and feathered headdress of the woman are now slightly visible as pentimenti. Closed, Sculpture Garden 7th St and Constitution Ave NW The support was prepared with two ground layers: a pale-gray layer covered by a fawn-colored layer. As a result, little documentation and critical commentary concerning Fragonard’s art survives, and only recently has the development of his career, his patrons, and the significance of his innovative imagery begun to be fully explored, notably in the exhibition held in Paris and New York in 1987–1988. Christie's Old Masters. Marie-Anne Dupuy-Vachey suggests that the seller might be Robert Charles Verrier, who died 11 May 1776 (see her article, "Fragonard's 'fantasy figures': prelude to a new understanding," The Burlington Magazine 157, no. (sale, Alliance des Arts, Paris, 26 April 1844, no. Comte Pierre de Kergorlay [1847-1919], by 1889. "J. H. Fragonard e H. Robert a Roma," December 6, 1990–February 24, 1991, no. During the summer of 1760, spent with Saint-Non at the Villa d’Este in Tivoli, Fragonard produced a series of red chalk drawings of the gardens and principal sites of the town that are among the greatest examples of landscape art of the century. The Sculpture Garden is now open from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily. 391, and this was repeated throughout the literature. The cross-sections also confirmed the presence of the two ground layers. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017: 52. After spending a short time with Chardin, from whom he probably learned merely the bare rudiments of his craft, he entered the studio of François Boucher (French, 1703 - 1770). He was at the French Academy in Rome from 1756 to 1761.After his return to France, Fragonard was initially successful as a painter of decorative schemes. Following his stint at the École, Fragonard traveled to Italy, spending the years 1756–1761 at the Académie de France in Rome. Learn more. These paintings marked Fragonard as among the most innovative and brilliant painters of the day, yet his apparently whimsical temperament and independent ways meant that he never realized the conventional rewards his talent deserved. Fragonard Conservation. Google apps. He returned to France in the company of Saint-Non, with whom he had traveled extensively through Italy, making drawings of the principal architectural sites and works of art that they encountered. 6th St and Constitution Ave NW Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures was at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. from 8 th October through 3 rd December, 2017. 1345 (April 2015), 248–254. National Gallery of Art Image title Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806 ), Young Girl Reading, c. 1770, oil on canvas, Gift of Mrs. Mellon Bruce in memory of her father, Andrew W. Mellon Among the most beloved works in the artist’s oeuvre, these pictures are also among the most mysterious and have therefore prompted the most debate: produced for unknown reasons, perhaps representing real individuals, perhaps not. Published for the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (and) the Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Mass Pantheon Bks., for National Gallery of Art ; /and/Harvard College Library New York : Washington 1945. There he studied history and the classics and worked with the director, Carle Van Loo (French, 1705 - 1765), one of the leading painters of the day. Fragonard’s drawing presents thumbnail-sized sketches relating to 14 of his known 'fantasy-figure' paintings – rapidly executed, brightly coloured portraits of lavishly-costumed individuals, including Young Girl Reading (c.1770) in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington. 80); purchased by Mailly or Neiully [sic]. Always a changeable artist, he simultaneously painted tightly wrought cabinet pictures in an erotic vein, the most celebrated example being The Bolt (c. 1777–1778; Paris, Musée du Louvre), made popular through engravings. The West and East Buildings remain closed at this time. Export from an object page includes entry, notes, images, and all menu items except overview and related contents. René Gimpel (Diary of an Art Dealer, translated by John Rosenberg, New York, 1966: 398), in a diary entry of 16 February 1930, writes of seeing the painting two days before at the Erickson residence, and describes it as "from the old Crosnier[sic] Collection, bought at his sale by Professor Tuffier...". He made at least twenty, depending on how one reads the evidence, … During the revolution Fragonard left Paris for his native Grasse, taking with him The Progress of Love cycle, which he reassembled in the house of his cousin. Nevertheless, Fragonard is rightly considered among the most characteristic and important French painters of the second half of the eighteenth century. Closed. Cross-sectional analysis shows that there is no intermediate paint layer between the two heads, nor is there varnish or dirt between them. National Gallery Alexandros Soutzos Museum. From National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing (ca. Note: Exhibition history, provenance, and bibliography are subject to change as new information becomes available. Casimir Perrin, marquis de Cypierre [1783-1844], Paris; (his estate sale, at his residence by Thoré, Paris, 10 March 1845 and days following, no. X-ray of painting showing original pose. 1769,” French Paintings of the Fifteenth through Eighteenth Centuries, NGA Online Editions, https://purl.org/nga/collection/artobject/46303 (accessed April 11, 2021). Details. Rococo. 8); purchased by Ducrey. overall: 81.1 x 64.8 cm (31 15/16 x 25 1/2 in. Export from an artist page includes image if available, biography, notes, and bibliography. Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures at the National Gallery, Washington DC Jean Honoré Fragonard, Woman with a Dog, c. 1769, oil on canvas. 38. [2] (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, no. cat. The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Download this stock image: Jean-Honore Fragonard, A Young Girl Reading, c. 1776, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. When it was thoroughly cataloged and discussed by Richard Rand in 2009, Young Girl Reading by Jean Honoré Fragonard was linked, albeit with important qualifications, with the artist’s so-called figures de fantaisie (fantasy figures) or portraits de fantaisie (fantasy portraits)—half-length representations of men and women shown striking dramatic poses in colorful masquerade dress and rendered in loose, gestural brushstrokes. - CMRPK6 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. See Yuriko Jackall, Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures (exh. National Gallery of Art senior imaging scientist John K. Delaney showing images of Young Girl Reading by Jean-Honoré Fragonard at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. [2] Jacques Dumont de Montroy, Les Kergorlay dans l'Oise et en Normandie, Beauvais, 2006: 167-170; Roger Portalis, Honoré Fragonard: sa vie et son oeuvre, 2 vols., Paris, 1889: 282. The inpainting of the larger tear has discolored slightly, but the remainder of the inpainting and the varnish have not. 7th St and Constitution Ave NW The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. You may download complete editions of this catalog from the catalog’s home page. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States. Fragonard was one of the most prolific of the eighteenth-century painters and draftsmen. Such late works—highly finished pictures focusing on intimate themes—show a fascination with the goût hollandais, an influence he passed on to his only true student, his sister-in-law Marguerite Gérard (French, 1761 - 1837), with whom he sometimes collaborated. —have shed new light upon Young Girl Reading and Fragonard’s fantasy figure series in general. Richard Rand, “Jean Honoré Fragonard,” NGA Online Editions, https://purl.org/nga/collection/constituent/1316 (accessed April 11, 2021). 1770), Oil on canvas, 81.1 × 64.8 cm This became the impetus for a new scholarly evaluation of the Gallery’s painting: a long-term project culminating with an exhibition, Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures (October–December 2017). Source: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Young Girl Reading by Jean-Honoré Fragonard National Gallery of Art, Washington DC 'The fluid brushwork and thick impasto of the girl's theatrical 'Spanish' costume identifies this work as one of Fragonard's Figures de Fantaisie, a series of imaginary figures painted to demonstrate his remarkable range of technique. 15). (AFP) 31, 160-166) as "Possibly comte du Barry, Paris," based on the provenance for the painting according to Georges Wildenstein, The Paintings of Fragonard, complete edition, New York, 1960: no. The gray shadowed lines in the girl’s collar and fichu were created by incising into the wet white paint with the butt end of the brush to reveal the gray layer beneath. Title: Nymph Astride a Satyr (Jeune fille a califourchon sur un satyre) Creator: Jean-Honoré Fragonard; Date Created: 1763; ... Jean-Honoré Fragonard. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue (Washington, DC, 2009), 149–150. Renaissance. Its palette, dominated by bold yellow, mauve, and rose, recalls their coloring; its energetic, gestural brushwork reappears throughout the canvases; its costume, with its elaborate collar, evokes the elegant masquerade dress of the other models. In 1793 he returned to Paris, where his old acquaintance Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748 - 1825) appointed him a curator at the new national museum. [3] An annotated copy of the 1905 sales catalogue in the NGA Library provides Ducrey's name, who was possibly buying for Tuffier. Dr. Théodore Tuffier [1859-1929], Paris, by 1910 [or possibly purchased 1905 at Cronier sale through Ducrey], until at least 1928. Read our full Open Access policy for images. Fragonard drawings for Ariosto / with essays by Elizabeth Mongan, Philip Hofer, Jean Seznec. 55). National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 93 x 37 cm Technical studies (2013–2015) confirmed the presence of an underlying painting in which the model poses as she appears in the Sketches of Portraits—face turned outward—and not as she appears in the finished painting that has long hung on the Gallery’s walls. In 1752 he won the Prix de Rome, and then entered the royal school of Elèves Protégés, directed by Carle van Loo. West Building 1345 [April 2015]: 242-243). Export from an object page includes entry, notes, images, and all menu items except overview and related contents. Jean Honoré Fragonard’s fantasy portraits or ‘fantasy figures’, as the exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington (to 3rd December), calls them, have long presented a series of problems. He trained in Paris with Chardin and then Boucher. Limit to works containing photographic processes: Find works with an alternate reference number (for example, Key Set number) containing: Stay up to date about our exhibitions, news, programs, and special offers. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Washington, DC, United States. Closed. Born in 1732 in Grasse in southern France, he moved with his family at an early age to Paris. The drawing also included a sketch corresponding to Young Girl Reading, thereby conclusively establishing a relationship between this painting and the fantasy figures. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017) and Yuriko Jackall, John K. Delaney, and Michael Swicklik, "'Portrait of a woman with a book': a 'newly discovered fantasy figure' by Fragonard at the National Gallery of Art, Washington," Burlington Magazine 157, no. • Annunciation, Oil transferred from wood to canvas, c. 1434. The support is a slightly coarse plain-weave fabric. Media in category "The Visit to the Nursery (Jean-Honoré Fragonard - National Gallery of Art)" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Under Boucher’s tutelage Fragonard’s talent developed rapidly, and he was soon painting decorative pictures and pastoral subjects very close to his master’s style (for example, Diana and Endymion). Jean-Honoré Fragonard. National Gallery of Art, Washington, October 8–December 3, 2017. [1] [1]For a copy of the 2009 entry on this painting from the systematic catalogue French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century, please see the file available for download on this page under "Archived Version(s)." For a copy of the 2009 entry on this painting from the systematic catalogue French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century, please see the file available for download on this page under "Archived Version(s).". Washington, DC—One of the most beloved paintings in the Gallery’s permanent collection, Young Girl Reading (c. 1770) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, shows a young woman in profile, reading the book in her hand. Groundbreaking Research Reveals Significantly Different Composition in Jean-Honoré Fragonard's Young Girl Reading, at National Gallery of Art, Washington. 4th St and Constitution Ave NW R. S. Johnson Fine Art. Note: Exhibition history, provenance, and bibliography are subject to change as new information becomes available. © 2021 National Gallery of Art Notices Terms of Use Privacy Policy, Jean Siméon Chardin (French, 1699 - 1779), Charles Joseph Natoire (French, 1700 - 1777), Claude-Joseph Vernet (French, 1714 - 1789), Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748 - 1825). To the right of the girl’s neck is a small complex tear. Dimensions. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Villa Medici. Rome. 6th St and Constitution Ave NW The sitter’s head from the previous painting, which had become distractingly visible, was also inpainted at that time. Etching. For the first time, these paintings have been brought together for a special exhibition by the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. “Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures” opened on October 8 and “explores the many interpretations of this series in the context of the artist’s career and elucidates the development of that career, the identity of his sitters and patrons, and the significance of his innovative imagery,” the … The X-radiograph was originally thought to reveal an earlier painting underneath the current head showing the head of a man wearing a feathered hat. The grand machine won him probationary acceptance into the Académie and the accolades of the critic Denis Diderot (French, 1713 - 1784), who discussed the picture at length in his Salon review in the Correspondance littéraire. [1] The first name in the provenance was published in the 2009 NGA Systematic Catalogue (entry on the painting by Richard Rand, in Philip Conisbee, et al. Among the most beloved works in his oeuvre, these pictures are also the most mysterious and have therefore prompted the most debate—produced for unknown reasons, perhaps representing real individuals, perhaps not. ), framed: 104.9 x 89.5 x 2.2 cm (41 5/16 x 35 1/4 x 7/8 in. 19). From National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Young Girl Reading (ca. Name: Jean-Honoré Fragonard; Born: 1732 – Grasse, France; Died: 1806 (aged 74) – Paris, France; Nationality: French; Notable works: A Young Girl Reading; The Stolen Kiss; The Happy Accidents of the Swing Washington, D.C., 2009: no. For the exhibition website and related online features, see https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2017/fragonard-the-fantasy-figures.html. Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1937 One of the most famous and prolific artists of eighteenth-century, Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) is known for his sophisticated yet fluid style. Further analysis (false-color infrared imaging and XRF elemental mapping of both lead white and vermillion) conducted between 2013 and 2015 produced images indicating that the underlying head is actually that of a woman wearing a beaded and feathered headdress, her face turned out to gaze directly at the viewer. 16); purchased by NGA with funds provided by Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Washington, DC, United States Perhaps more than the work of his two teachers, Boucher and Chardin, Jean-Honoré Fragonard 's bravura handling of brushwork and color embodies eighteenth-century painting aesthetics. Prominent cusping on all four edges suggests that the painting has not been cut down. Uniting several fantasy figures with the drawing, the exhibition focused solely on this aspect of the artist’s production, while the catalog that accompanied it explores Fragonard’s technique in detail. Born in 1732 in Grasse in southern France, he moved with his family at an early age to Paris. New analysis was performed between December 2012 and January 2015. Yet Fragonard earned a good living selling paintings to a close-knit group of collectors, many of them drawn from the ranks of the fermiers généraux (tax farmers), and by providing brilliant wash drawings as illustrations for various luxurious book publishing projects. Despite this early success, Fragonard declined to pursue a public career as a history painter, preferring to work for a private clientele of financiers and courtiers. ), Gift of Mrs. Mellon Bruce in memory of her father, Andrew W. Mellon, Jean Honoré Fragonard The paint is slightly abraded in the thinly painted folds and shadows of the dress and in the darks along the bottom of the painting. The Louveciennes paintings were returned to the artist, replaced by drier yet more currently neoclassical compositions by Joseph Marie Vien (1716–1809) (Paris, Musée du Louvre, and Paris, Château de Chambéry), and other commissions were left incomplete. Scala Publishers Ltd. ISBN 1-85759-187-9 . Closed, Sculpture Garden Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806), https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2017/fragonard-the-fantasy-figures.html. He made his public debut at the Salon of 1765 with the stunning Corésus and Callirhoé (Paris, Musée du Louvre), a monumental canvas that seemed to herald his arrival as the most promising history painter of his generation. The book assembles Fragonard’s fantasy figures alongside his original sketches for the first time. Title: The Visit to the Nursery; Creator: Jean-Honoré Fragonard; ... Jean-Honoré Fragonard. $16,000. Yuriko Jackall, “Jean Honoré Fragonard/Young Girl Reading/c. Milton W. Brown, George R. Collins, Beatrice Farwell, Jane G. Mahler and Margaretta Salinger, "Jean-Honoré Fragonard" in Encyclopedia of Painting: Painters and Paintings of the World from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day , Myers S. Bernard (ed), Crown, 1955. pp182–83. Additionally, it shows that the original paint layer was not disrupted in any way when painted over, suggesting it was dry before the application of the now-visible paint layer. (Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Paris, New York, and London); Alfred W. Erickson [1876-1936], New York, by 1930;[3] by inheritance to his wife, Anna Edith McCann Erickson [d. 1961], New York; (her sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 November 1961, no. ‘Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures’ brings together 14 paintings by Jean Honoré Fragonard, including the gallery’s own Young Girl Reading (c. 1769), and a newly discovered sheet of annotated sketches. Subsequent research and recent developments—explored in depth in three recent publications and websites[2] [2]See Yuriko Jackall, Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures (exh. Learn more. In 1986 a slightly toned varnish was applied. Although the painting appears to have sold at the marquis' 1845 estate sale, it possibly remained in the family and came to Pierre de Kergorlay through his second marriage in 1880. L'Armoire (2nd State), 1778. It is now clear that a completely different face was painted underneath, that of an older woman looking out towards the viewer. Inspired by such landscapists active in Italy as Hubert Robert (French, 1733 - 1808) and Claude-Joseph Vernet (French, 1714 - 1789) and by the patronage of the Abbé de Saint-Non (1727–1791), an accomplished amateur and avid collector, Fragonard developed an interest in landscape painting and drawing that would remain an important aspect of his art throughout his life. Fragonard’s slow progress (or his unwillingness to complete his assigned artistic chores) concerned the director, Charles Joseph Natoire (French, 1700 - 1777), but the young artist showed greater promise when he was steered toward sketching in the open air, a practice that Natoire encouraged. © 2021 National Gallery of Art Notices Terms of Use Privacy Policy, For a copy of the 2009 entry on this painting from the systematic catalogue. [1] [1]Analysis was performed by the NGA scientific research department, May 9, 1985. He died in 1806. Certain of Fragonard’s later paintings, like The Invocation to Love, known in numerous versions, also demonstrate a darker, more emotional character that anticipates romanticism. The Sculpture Garden is now open from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily. The Sculpture Garden is now open from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily. Overall, the painting is in good condition. The West and East Buildings remain closed at this time. Read our full Open Access policy for images. Comte Denis de Kergorlay kindly provided a copy of the 2006 book about his family, enabling the identification of the "Comte de Kergorlay" named as the painting's owner in 1889. Saint-Non later used these drawings as the basis for a series of etchings and aquatints. For the exhibition website and related online features, see https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2017/fragonard-the-fantasy-figures.html. He first took a position as a clerk, but having demonstrated an interest in art, he worked in the studio of the still life and genre painter Jean Siméon Chardin (French, 1699 - 1779). Verrier;[1] (his sale, Paillet at Hôtel d'Aligre, Paris, 11 March 1776 and days following, no. Fragonard is considered among the most … French, 1732 - 1806. 1345 (April 2015), 248–254. However, this is more likely to have been another individual by the same name, a Parisian expert who remained active on the art market through the latter part of the eighteenth century and who counted among the dealers of some importance. Jean-Honoré Fragonard. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017) and Yuriko Jackall, John K. Delaney, and Michael Swicklik, "'Portrait of a woman with a book': a 'newly discovered fantasy figure' by Fragonard at the National Gallery of Art, Washington," Burlington Magazine 157, no. 960015, reel 97, box 242, folder 16; copies in NGA curatorial files). 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily, East Building On the one hand, compelling evidence supported a connection between the two. Learn more. Covered with eighteen thumbnail-sized sketches that, but for one, were annotated—apparently in the artist’s hand—the drawing suggested that the fantasy figures were indeed portraits of identifiable individuals, members of the artist’s professional network of clients and models. A larger J-shaped tear extends through the pillow and arm of the chair at the bottom right. The West and East Buildings remain closed at this time. (sale, Paillet at Hôtel d'Aligre, Paris, 7 February 1777, no. The Gallery’s Young Girl Reading—a representation of a demure model in a lemon-yellow dress seated at a window ledge, a book in one upraised hand—has always been loosely associated with the fantasy figures on formal terms. Van Loo’s influence on Fragonard’s art is evident in the large Psyche Showing Her Sisters the Gifts She Has Received from Cupid (London, National Gallery), a fluidly painted work that was exhibited to King Louis XV (r. 1715–1774) in 1754. The Assumption of the Virgin, after Luca Giordano, and two figures, after Antonio Vassilacchi, l'Aliense. In 2012, researchers discovered a previously unknown drawing by Fragonard that included sketches of 18 paintings, many recognizable as known fantasy figures. It was accompanied by a handsome, richly-illustrated exhibition catalogue that includes several scholarly essays and two appendices, one dedicated to the scientific analysis and conservation research of the paintings, and the other to the same for the drawing. 4th St and Constitution Ave NW 1775/1780), Oil on canvas, 85 × 73 1/16 in 59); purchased by Duquesnoy, Paris; (his sale, at his residence by Regnault, Paris, 1-3 March 1803, no. Analysis was performed by the NGA scientific research department, May 9, 1985. National Gallery of Art Washington A World of Art. From National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Little Preacher (late 1770s), Brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, 13 3/4 … The failure of the crown to reimburse him promptly for the Corésus may have been a factor in his decision. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States The Stolen Kiss “The Stolen Kiss” by Jean-Honoré Fragonard depicts a kiss between two lovers, showing a young lady in a cream-colored silk gown who has left the group women in the next room for a secret meeting with a young man. In about 1769, Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806) painted a group of works known today as his fantasy figures: vibrant canvases showing individual models garbed in fancy dress and rendered in notably loose brushwork and bright colors.
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