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Artist or Maker: Jean-Simon Berthélemy (Laon 1743-1811 Paris)

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Provenance: John Pierpont Morgan, Sr. (1837-1913), London and New York, by 1907, as 'Fragonard' and by descent to
John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), London and New York; Christie's, 31 March 1944, lot 119, as 'J.H. Fragonard'.
H.J.P. Bomford, London; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1979, lot 29, as 'Jean-Honoré Fragonard'.

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Exhibited: Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Exposition Chardin et Fragonard, June-July 1907, no. 126, as 'Fragonard'.
London, The Arts Council of Great Britain, An Exhibition of Paintings of the French School: Bomford Collection (catalogue by L. Greaves), 1945, no. 44, as 'Fragonard'.
Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Fragonard (catalogue by D. Sutton), 18 March-11 May 1980, no. 45. Exhibition travelled to Kyoto, Municipal Museum, 24 May-29 June 1980, as 'Jean-Honoré Fragonard'.

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Literature: G. Labat, J.-B.-S. Chardin et J.-H. Fragonard: note sur l'Exposition de la rue de Sèze, Paris, n.d. [c. 1907], p. 19, as 'Fragonard'.
A. Dayot and L. Vaillat, L'Oeuvre de J.-B.-S. Chardin et de J.-H. Fragonard, Paris, 1907, p. xiv, no. 109, as 'Fragonard'.
G. Grappe, H. Fragonard, peintre de l'amour au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1913, II, p. 70, as 'Fragonard'.
J. Villain, Fragonard, 1732-1806, Paris, 1949, illustrated pl. 24, as 'Fragonard'.
G. Wildenstein, The Paintings of Fragonard, London, 1960, p. 261, no. 273, as 'Fragonard'.
D. Wildenstein and G. Mandel, L'Opera completa di Fragonard, Milan, 1972, p. 98, no. 291; also cited under nos. 278-84, illustrated p. 99, as 'Fragonard'.
C. Duncan, The Pursuit of Pleasure: The Rococo Revival in French Romantic Art, New York and London, 1976, p. 8, fig. 2, as 'Fragonard'.

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Notes: SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

This lot has no reserve