Inscription
illegibly in faded brown ink across the bottom; verso, in graphite at center right: Collections/Louis Paraf et/S.S. Bond/certifié par G. Wildenstein
Provenance
ARD (Lugt 172). [1] Louis Paraf. S. S. Bond. [2] (sale, Amsterdam, R. W. P. De Vries, Dessins des maitres anciens et modernes, Part II, 1929, no. I, as Vue dans la Villa d’Este). (sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 23 March 1930, no. 16 as Coin de parc de villa italienne avec cascade, baluster, statue et vases, terrasse et pins parasols ). Richard Owen, Paris; purchased 1937 by Samuel H. Kress, New York; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art.
Exhibition History
- 1990
- Gardens on Paper, Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 86 (as Anon. French 18th c.), repro.
- 1990
- J.H. Fragonard e H. Robert a Roma, Villa Medici, Rome, 1990-1991, no. 177 (Jean-Pierre Cuzin).
- 2009
- Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 228-229, 289, no. 99 (color).
Bibliography
- 1961
- Ananoff, Alexandre. L'oeuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806). 4 vols. Paris, 1961-1970, 3: no. 1529 (as Fragonard).
- 1977
- Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: 341, dK508, fig.307 (as Anon. French 18th c.).
- 1983
- Cuzin, Jean-Pierre. "De Fragonard à Vincent," Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art français, Année 1981. Paris, 1983, 116-117, 123 note 59, fig. 28.
- 1988
- Cuzin, Jean-Pierre. François-André Vincent, 1746-1816. Paris, 1988: no. 18.
- 2007
- Cuzin, Jean-Pierre, and Dimitri Salmon. Fragonard: Regards croisés. Paris, 2007: 98, fig. 143 (color).
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