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image of A Young Girl Reading
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
French, 1732 - 1806
A Young Girl Reading, c. 1776
oil on canvas
Overall: 81.1 x 64.8 cm (31 15/16 x 25 1/2 in.) framed: 104.9 x 89.5 x 2.2 cm (41 5/16 x 35 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Mellon Bruce in memory of her father, Andrew W. Mellon
1961.16.1
From the Tour: 18th-Century France — Boucher and Fragonard
Object 6 of 8

1906Nolhac, Pierre de. J.-H. Fragonard. Paris, 1905: 146, repro.
1910Glaser, Curt. "Ausstellung von Werken Französischer Kunst des 18. Jahrhunderts in der Königlichen Akademie der Künste zu Berlin." Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst 21 (March 1910):133, repro.
1960Wildenstein, Georges. The Paintings of Fragonard. New York, 1960: no. 391, repro.
1962Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., Treasures from the National Gallery of Art, New York, 1962: 112, color repro.
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 214, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 52
1966Boucher, François. Fragonard. Paris, 1966: XII, repro.
1966Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:322, color repro.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 44, repro.
1969Walker, John. Self Portrait with Donors. Boston & Toronto, 1969:45-46, repro.
1971Cott, Perry B. "The Ailsa Mellon Bruce Gifts." Connoisseur 178 (Dcember 1971):256-257, repro.
1972Mandel, Gabriele. L'Opera completa di Fragonard. Milan, 1972: no. 419, repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 132, repro.
1978King, Marian. Adventures in Art: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1978: 64, pl. 37.
1979Wilson, Michael. Eighteenth-Century French Painting. Oxford, 1979:8, repro. pl. 35
1979Watson, Ross. National Gallery of Art. London, 1979: 87, pl. 75, color repro.
1984Norton, Thomas E. 100 Years of Collecting. New York, 1984:174, repro.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 336, no. 451, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 160, repro.
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 173, repro.

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