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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1954.108
People
attributed to Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris)
Title
The Well-Trained Dog
Other Titles
Original Language Title: "L'Education Fait Tout" from "L'Education du Chien"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1776
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294081

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal or black chalk and brown wash on cream anqtique laid paper
Dimensions
25.4 x 35.6 cm (10 x 14 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: ll: Fragonard 1776

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hermant; David-Weill. Study for painting in col. Launay (sale 1792) which later came into the cols. Aubert, Constantine, Stroganoff and Roussel.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Accession Year
1954
Object Number
1954.108
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Geraldine Norman, "When a Fragonard copy looks just too good to be true", The Times [London] (March 9, 1978), p. 12

Verification Level

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