A Prayer for Grandpapa

Jean-Honoré Fragonardlate 1770s

Details

Title: A Prayer for Grandpapa
Creator: Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Date Created: late 1770s
Physical Dimensions: overall: 34.8 x 44.8 cm (13 11/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
Provenance: Louis Antoine-August Rohan-Chabot, Paris (sold Paris, Dec 8, 1807, no. 43); Baron Vivant-Denon, Paris (sold Paris, Feb 2, 1846, no. 269); H. Walferdin [d. 1863], Paris (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 12-16, 1880, no. 199); Comte de Jaucourt, Paris; Sigismond Bardac [1856-1919], Paris; George and Florence Blumenthal; (sold Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Dec 1-2, 1932, no. 30); (Jean Seligmann, Paris); Mrs. Jesse I. Straus [1876-1970], New York; (sold New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., Oct 21, 1970, no. 34); Armand Hammer Collection, 1970; gift to NGA, 1991.
Medium: brown wash over black chalk on laid paper

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