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Provenance

Possibly William Williams Hope [1802-1855], Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire, and Paris; possibly by gift to Madame Jenny Colon [1808-1842], Paris.[1] Emile [1800-1875] and Isaac [1806-1880] Péreire, Paris, by 1864; (Péreire sale, at their residence by Pillet and Petit, Paris, 6-9 March 1872, no. 61); Frédéric-Alexis-Louis Pillet-Will, comte Pillet [1837-1911], Paris, until at least 1910.[2] (Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Paris, New York, and London), by 1932;[3] Calouste Gulbenkian [1869-1955]; (Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Paris, New York, and London);[4] sold 1942 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1946 to NGA.

[1] For the Hope-Colon provenance, see W. Bürger, "Galerie de MM. Pereire," Gazette des Beaux-Arts ser. I, 16 (April 1864): 201.

[2] The painting was lent by Pillet-Will to an exhibition in Berlin in 1910.

[3] The painting was lent by Wildenstein to a 1932 exhibition in London.

[4] Georges Wildenstein's letter of 21 January 1952 to John Walker (NGA curatorial files) confirms Gulbenkian's ownership and the fact "that my father bought [it] back from him."

Exhibition History

1885
Exposition de tableaux, statues et objects d'art au profit de l'oeuvre des Orphelins d'Alsace-Lorraine, Salle des États au Louvre, Paris, 1885, no. 192, as Le Colin-Maillard.
1910
Ausstellung von Werken französischer Kunst des XVIII. Jahrhunderts, Königliche Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1910, no. 317 (no. 44 in French ed.).
1932
Exhibition of French Art 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1932, no. 183.
1946
Recent Additions to the Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 770.
1987
Fragonard, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987-1988, no. 164.
1996
Das Capriccio als Kunstprinzip. Zur Vorgeschichte der Moderne von Arcimboldo und Callot bis Tiepolo und Goya: Malerei - Zeichnung - Graphik, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne; Kunsthaus Zürich; Palais Harrach, Vienna, 1996-1997, no. 92, repro.

Bibliography

1944
Frankfurter, Alfred M. The Kress Collection in the National Gallery. New York, 1944: 79, repro. no. 76
1944
"Kress Makes Important Donation of French Painting to the Nation." Art Digest. vol. 18, no. 19 (1 August 1944): 5
1944
"One of the Greatest Donations of XVIIIth Century French Painting Ever Received by a Museum - The Kress Collection." The Illustrated London News 115, no. 2992 (26 August 1944):249, repro. 248.
1944
"The Almanac: French Paintings Given to the National Gallery." The Magazine Antiques46, no. 5 (November 1944): 288
1945
Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1945 (reprinted 1947, 1949): 169, repro.
1948
Wildenstein and Company. French XVIII Century Paintings. New York, 1948: 4
1952
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds., Great Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1952: 124, color repro.
1956
Einstein, Lewis. "Looking at French Eighteenth Century Pictures in Washington." Gazette des Beaux Arts 67, no. 1048-1049 (May-June 1956): 238-239, repro. 247.
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 368, repro.
1960
Wildenstein, Georges. The Paintings of Fragonard. New York, 1960: no. 443
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 51
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 43, repro.
1971
Watson, Francis. "Fragonard." Art News Annual 37 (1971): 86
1972
Mandel, Gabriele. L'Opera completa di Fragonard. Milan, 1972: no. 468, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 130, repro.
1977
Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: 331, fig. 293.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 338, no. 456, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 157, repro.
1987
Cuzin, Jean-Pierre. "Jean-Honoré Fragonard: Vie et oeuvre." Fribourg, 1987: no. 340, repro.
2005
The Arts of France from François Ier to Napoléon Ier. A Centennial Celebration of Wildenstein's Presence in New York. Exh. cat. Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York, 2005: 78 (not in the exhibition).
2009
Conisbee, Philip, et al. French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2009: no. 38, 188-194, color repro.

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