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Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Grasse 1732 – 1806 Paris

Promenade à Cheval – The Cavalcade. Circa 1782

Black chalk, brush and grey wash, pen and black ink, heightened with watercolour, on laid paper. 35 x 44,4 cm (13 ¾ x 17 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Promenade à Cheval – The Cavalcade. Circa 1782.

Estimate:

EUR 90,000

 

- 120,000

USD 122,400

 

- 163,000

Sold for:

175,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 215-221

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 28.11.2013

Information

Black chalk, brush and grey wash, pen and black ink, heightened with watercolour, on laid paper. 35 x 44,4 cm (13 ¾ x 17 ½ in.). Watermark: D&C BLAUW, coat of arms divided diagonally three times, descending vertically, above this a lily. Catalogue raisonné: Accompanied by a certificate by Eunice Williams dated 17 October 2013 (original). In a frame of Jean Berain (1637 – 1711). Slightly stained, remains of a mat mounting. Framed

Preliminary drawing relating to this sheet: auction catalogue: Important Dessings, Vente Piasa, Paris, lot 110.

We would like to thank Eunice Williams, Cambrige (U.S.A., MA) for confirming the authenticity of the drawing..

Before 1867 collection Duc de Feltre (Lugt: Répertoire des Ventes, no. 29786) / 1867 – 1880 collection of Baron Jérôme-Frédéric Pichon (1812 – 1896) (Lugt: Répertoire des Ventes, no. 40270) / before 1985 private collection, France / private collection, Switzerland

Auction catalogue: Feu M. le Duc de Feltre, his posthumous sale, Paris, 6–9 May 1867, lot 90: „Jeune Dames se promenant à cheval à l'entrée d’un village“ / Exhibition catalogue: Coll. du baron Jérôme Pichon, sa vente anonyme (baron P...), Paris, 5. June 1880, lot 36: „Le Départ pour la promenade. Gracieux dessin à l’encre de Chine“ (340 fr.) / Alexandre Ananoff: L’œuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1732 – 1806, Paris 1968, vol. III, cat. no. 1301, not illustrated