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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.82
People
Imitator of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris)
Title
The Gardens and Terraces of the Villa d'Este at the Foot of the Fountain of the Organ (Les Cascatelles); verso: Study for the Figure of Callirhoë
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/100022

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream modern laid paper, with framing line in brown ink; verso: gray wash and red chalk (or red wash), rubbed
Dimensions
22.6 x 29.6 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink: frago

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Unidentified dealer, Paris], sold; to [Hallsborough Gallery, London], sold; to Eugene V. Thaw, 1960, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.

NOTE: According to a former director of the gallery, the drawing was purchased for "almost nothing" from a small dealer in Paris. See Geraldine Norman, The Times, March 9, 1978.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Eugene Victor Thaw
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.82
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alexandre Ananoff, L'Œuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Libraire F. de Nobele (Paris, 1961-1970), vol. 2, cat. no. 918, p. 131
  • Geraldine Norman, "More than 30 'Fragonard' drawings may be fakes", The Times [London] (March 8, 1978), p. 1
  • Geraldine Norman, "When a Fragonard copy looks just too good to be true", The Times [London] (March 9, 1978), p. 12
  • Pierre Rosenberg, Fragonard, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), p. 113(?) [Rosenberg cites A. 918, "recently sold in Munich"]

Verification Level

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