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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1955.185
People
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris)
Title
Seated Young Woman Leaning on a Bollard
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Jeune Femme Assise Appuyee contre und Borne
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1770s
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297076

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
23.5 x 17.6 cm (9 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
1955.185
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Eunice Williams, Drawings by Fragonard in North American Collections, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, 1978), cat. no. 32, p. 192, repr. p. 93
  • Eunice Williams, "Gens, Honorez Fragonard!": Works from the Collections of Harvard University and Harvard Friends, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1993), checklist no. 14

Exhibition History

  • “Gens, Honorez Fragonard!”: Works from the Collection of Harvard University and Harvard Friends, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/15/1993 - 07/11/1993
  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/19/2017 - 09/13/2017

Verification Level

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