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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.51
People
Attributed to Charles de La Traverse, French (Paris 1727 - 1787 Paris)
Previously attributed to Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris)
Title
Girl Sleeping in Moonlight
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211386

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
14.2 x 17.8 cm (5 9/16 x 7 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, black ink: JLF.
  • inscription: Old mount, verso, center right, graphite: Des Hayes?
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: PRF

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bernice Davidson, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernice Davidson
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
1998.51
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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