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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1953.99
People
Unidentified Artist
After Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris)
Title
The Shaded Alley
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'Allee Ombreuse
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1760
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297361

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown wash over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a cream card, framing lines in brown ink
Dimensions
41.2 x 34.8 cm (16 1/4 x 13 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: None visible–drawing laid down
  • inscription: mount and over drawing, graphite: fragonard

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Comtesse de Lenclos; André Joubin, Montpellier; Charles E. Dunlap, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1953, inv. no. 1953.99

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
1953.99
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Louis Réau, Fragonard: sa vie et son oeuvre, Elsevier (Brussels, 1956), p. 216
  • Agnes Mongan, De Clouet a Matisse: Dessins français des collections américaines, exh. cat., Musée de l'Orangerie (Paris, 1958), cat. no. 43, pl. 74, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan, Van Clouet tot Matisse: tentoonstelling van franse tekeningen uit amerikaanse collecties, exh. cat., Museum Boymans (Rotterdam, 1958), cat. no. 43, p. 51, pl. 56, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan, French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 1959), cat. no. 43, pp. 48-49, pl. 56, repr. (as Jean-Honoré Fragonard)

Exhibition History

  • French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse, Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, 07/31/1958 - 09/28/1958; Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 10/24/1958 - 01/02/1959; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 02/03/1959 - 03/15/1959

Verification Level

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