Harvard Art Museums > 2005.81: Young Woman Seated in a Garden Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Young Woman Seated in a Garden (Imitator of Jean-Honoré Fragonard) , 2005.81,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/100015. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2005.81 People Imitator of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris) Title Young Woman Seated in a Garden Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 20th century Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/100015 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream laid paper, framing line in brown ink Dimensions 29.3 x 36.2 cm (11 9/16 x 14 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks collector's mark: lower right, red ink, printed: False mark: Charles Gasc (Lugt no. 4661) inscription: verso, brown ink: Fragonard (Honoré) né à Grasse en 1732 mort en 1806 / Dessin acheté à Paris en 1857 / H = 0 m 291 L = 0 m 362 / CG [The forger attempted to emulate the handwriting of the mid-nineteenth century collector 'Charles Gasc.' below inscription (Lugt no. 1068) ] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Alexandre Ananoff, Paris, sold; [Sotheby's London, 10 May, 1961, lot 75], sold; to [Schaeffer Galleries, New York], sold; to Eugene V. Thaw, New York, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005. NOTE: Provenance information from an article by Geraldine Norman in "The Times" (London), 8 March 1978. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Eugene Victor Thaw Accession Year 2005 Object Number 2005.81 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description laid down Publication History Alexandre Ananoff, L'Œuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Libraire F. de Nobele (Paris, 1961-1970), vol. I, p. 103, no. 198 Geraldine Norman, "More than 30 'Fragonard' drawings may be fakes", The Times [London] (March 8, 1978), p. 1 Geraldine Norman, "When a Fragonard copy looks just too good to be true", The Times [London] (March 9, 1978), p. 12, repr. Eunice Williams, Drawings by Fragonard in North American Collections, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, 1978), p. 90 Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4661 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
