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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M23397
People
Géraud Vidal, French (Toulouse 1742 - 1801 Paris)
After Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris)
After Marguerite Gérard, French (1761 - 1837)
Title
The Beloved Child
Other Titles
Former Title: The Darling Baby
Original Language Title: L'Enfant Cheri
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1782
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/263475

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
52.7 x 57.6 cm (20 3/4 x 22 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Ursus Books, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1996

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Portalis & Beraldi 6

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
M23397
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Pierre Rosenberg, Fragonard, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), repr. as fig. 2, under cat. 303, on p. 573 [not Harvard impression; related bibliography]

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