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Jean-Honoré Fragonard French, 1732 - 1806 The Visit to the Nursery, before 1784 oil on canvas Overall: 73 x 92.1 cm (28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in.) framed: 97.8 x 116.8 cm (38 1/2 x 46 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1946.7.7 |
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Provenance
Traditionally associated with the collection of Jean-François Leroy de Sennéville, Paris; (his sale, Hôtel de Bullion by Chariot and Paillet, Paris, 5-11 April 1780, no. 50, bought in); (his sale, Paillet, Paris, 26 April 1784, no. 26); purchased by Basan, Paris. possibly Mme Goman, Paris; (her sale, Lebrun and Julliot, Paris, 6 February 1792 and days following, no. 100); Lebrun. possibly Amédée Constantin, Paris; (his estate sale, at his residence by Pérignon, Paris, 18 November 1816, no. 365); bought in or purchased by Pérignon. possibly purchased 1851 by the father of Jules Burat; by inheritance to Jules Burat, by 1883; (his estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 28-29 April 1885, no. 71, bought in); probably by inheritance to Mme Louis Burat, Paris, by 1907 until at least 1921.[1] (Wildenstein & Co., Paris, New York, and London), by 1939;[2] sold 1942 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York.
[1] The painting was lent by Mme Burat to 1907 and 1921 exhibitions in Paris; it was not included in Mme Burat's sale at Galerie Charpentier in Paris on 17 June 1937.
[2] The painting was exhibited at Wildenstein's, New York, in 1939.
Associated Names
- Basan
- Burat, Jules
- Burat, Louis, Mms
- Constantin, Amédée
- Goman, Mme
- Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
- Pérignon
- Sale, Paris
- Sennéville, Leroy de
- Wildenstein & Co., Inc.
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