Harvard Art Museums > 1954.107: The Wager (The Burning Wig) Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Wager (The Burning Wig) (Jean-Honoré Fragonard) , 1954.107,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/294240. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1954.107 People Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris) Title The Wager (The Burning Wig) Other Titles Original Language Title: La Perruque Brûlée Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1773-1774 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/294240 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown wash over black chalk and graphite, with touches of white gouache on cream antique laid paper toned with brown wash, with framing lines in black chalk and brown ink Dimensions 35.1 x 46.2 cm (13 13/16 x 18 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks blind stamp: on mount, lower right: EM (L. s. 878 b) inscription: verso, upper left quadrant: 58 45 1/2 [?] cat [?] 6 de la [doodle] papier Bleute Provenance Recorded Ownership History From catalogue card: Coll: Baronne de Ruble; Sigismond Bardac Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap Accession Year 1954 Object Number 1954.107 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Winslow Ames, Drawings: Fourth Anniversary Exhibition, exh. cat., Lyman Allen Museum (New London, CT, 1936), introduction, cat. no. 99 Pierre Rosenberg, Fragonard, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1988), cat. 215, repr. on p. 446 Eunice Williams, "Gens, Honorez Fragonard!": Works from the Collections of Harvard University and Harvard Friends, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1993), checklist no. 13 Exhibition History Fourth Anniversary Exhibition; Drawings, Lyman Allen Museum, New London, 03/02/1936 - 04/15/1936 “Gens, Honorez Fragonard!”: Works from the Collection of Harvard University and Harvard Friends, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/15/1993 - 07/11/1993 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu