Meadow with Trees; verso: Head of a Boy
DrawingsFrench18th century

Meadow with Trees; verso: Head of a Boy

c. 1780-1785

Artists

Jean-Honoré FragonardArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Black chalk with traces of white chalk; verso: black chalk with traces of graphite on light-tan antique laid paper
Culture
French
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.9 × 34.8 cm (9 13/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Baron Paul Hatvany, London; his sale, Christie’s, London, 24 June 1980, lot 48; Kate de Rothschild, London (by 1990); Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Promised gift of Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn in honor of Eunice Williams, inv. no. 2.2013

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