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The image shows a landscape with trees, a low horizon line, a statue or structure in the distance, a fine linear style, warm sepia tones, and a sky with soft clouds.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Stand of Cypresses in an Italian Park
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
- Date
- c. 1760
- Medium
- red chalk on laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 23.5 x 37.7 cm (9 1/4 x 14 13/16 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 1991.4.1
- Credit line
- Patrons' Permanent Fund
- Time span
- 1751 to 1775
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- French
- Italy
- landscape
- Rococo
- Garden
Provenance
M. H. Dreux (sale, Paris, 3 - 4 February 1870, no. 43); M. J. F. Mahérault (sale, Paris, 27-29 May 1880, no. 52); M. Lemarié; Marius Paulme (Lugt 1910) (sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 13 May 1929, no. 82, pl. 55); (Richard Owen, London); John Nicholas Brown, Providence, RI, 1929; (David Tunick, New York); purchased 1991 by NGA.
Inscription
by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: III: 5JNB
NGA object ID 72043. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.