Family Promenade in the Park

1765/1766

Pierre-Antoine Baudouin

Associated Names
Pierre-Antoine Baudouin

Artist, French, 1723 - 1769

The image features a group of figures in an elegant and whimsical setting. Most individuals are shown in full length across the scene. At the center, a woman and man are prominently displayed. The woman wears a white gown with puffy sleeves and a tall bonnet, while the man is dressed in a blue and gold outfit with knee-length pants. The woman has pale features, delicate facial characteristics, and styled hair under her bonnet. The man also has pale features, with hair that appears white or powdered in an 18th-century style. Around them, various individuals are depicted, including children and a caretaker holding a baby. Children are seen playing and a caretaker is holding a baby, with two women near a bench or in the cart. Everyone is dressed in colorful garments reminiscent of 18th-century attire. The background features a painted scene with swirling patterns in shades of blue, gray, and earth tones, creating a dreamy atmosphere.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

M. le Baron de Schwiter, Paris (his sale, Hotel Drouot, 20-21 April 1883, no. 128, as Schall); purchased by Milhes as a Fragonard (according to note in NGA copy of the sale catalogue). (Didier Aaron, London, as Claude Hoin); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • Plaisirs de la Campagne, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1954, no. 78 (as Jean-Honoré Fragonard).

1956

  • De Watteau à Prud'hon, Paris, 1956 (checklist published in Gazette des Beaux-Arts), no. 122 (as Jean-Honoré Fragonard).

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005 (no cat.).

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 176-177, 285-286, no. 77 (color).

Bibliography

1889

  • Portalis, Baron Roger. Fragonard, Sa vie et son oeuvre. 2 vols. Paris, 1889: 319 (attributed to Fragonard).

1961

  • Ananoff, Alexandre. _L'oeuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806). 4 vols. Paris, 1971-1970, 2: 93-94, no 819 (not by Fragonard); 3: 95, no. 1468 (Fragonard); 4: 378, under no. 819.

2010

  • Stein, Perrin. "French Drawings, Washington," The Burlington Magazine 102 (January 2010): 67.

Inscriptions

across lower center of mount: La Promenade dans le Parc

Watermarks

unidentified, in center of sheet

Wikidata ID

Q64619642

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