The Little Preacher

Jean-Honoré Fragonardlate 1770s

Details

Title: The Little Preacher
Creator: Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Date Created: late 1770s
Physical Dimensions: overall: 34.9 x 46.7 cm (13 3/4 x 18 3/8 in.)
Provenance: (Anonymous sale, Paris, May 31, 1790, no. 180); M. Marmontel, Paris (sold, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Jan 25-26, 1883, no. 100); Richard Lyon, Paris (sold, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, April 3, 1886, no. 40); M.P. Ledoux, Paris (sold, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, March 5, 1918, no. 27): Adrien Fauchier-Magnan, Paris; Arthur Veil-Picard (died 1944), Paris; by inheritance to his son Arthur Veil-Picard, until at least 1954. [1] Guiraud Brothers, Paris; Jean Straus, New York; Mrs. Jesse I. Straus [1876-1970], New York; (sold New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., Oct 21, 1970, no. 31); Armand Hammer Collection, 1970; gift to NGA, 1991. [1]Correspondence between Arthur Veil-Picard the younger and German Seligman, in Seligmann papers, Archives of American Art, Box 97 (copies NGA curatorial files).
Medium: brown wash over black chalk on laid paper

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