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The image displays four figures in a domestic setting. On the left, a man with a full beard and curly hair sits with arms crossed. A woman kneels beside him on the right, holding a small child. Another woman leans over a ledge behind the seated man. Domestic items are on a shelf, and a dog lies on the floor. The background has a textured surface with hanging objects.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Prayer for Grandpapa
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
- Date
- late 1770s
- Medium
- brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 34.8 x 44.8 cm (13 11/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 1991.217.17
- Credit line
- The Armand Hammer Collection
- Time span
- 1751 to 1775
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- French
- Rococo
- domestic activities
- genre
Provenance
Louis Antoine-August Rohan-Chabot, Paris (sold Paris, Dec 8, 1807, no. 43); Baron Vivant-Denon, Paris (sold Paris, Feb 2, 1846, no. 269); H. Walferdin [d. 1863], Paris (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 12-16, 1880, no. 199); Comte de Jaucourt, Paris; Sigismond Bardac [1856-1919], Paris; George and Florence Blumenthal; (sold Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Dec 1-2, 1932, no. 30); (Jean Seligmann, Paris); Mrs. Jesse I. Straus [1876-1970], New York; (sold New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., Oct 21, 1970, no. 34); Armand Hammer Collection, 1970; gift to NGA, 1991.
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