Lot 42
Lot 42
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Property from the Collection of Nina R. and Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.
JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)

Sacripante staring at the horseman who felled him (Orlando furioso, I, 60, 62-64)

    Price Realised USD 20,000
    Estimate
    USD 20,000 - USD 30,000
    Closed: 28 Jan 2021
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    JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)

    Sacripante staring at the horseman who felled him (Orlando furioso, I, 60, 62-64)

    Price Realised USD 20,000
    Closed: 28 Jan 2021
    Price Realised USD 20,000
    Closed: 28 Jan 2021
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    JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)
    Sacripante staring at the horseman who felled him (Orlando furioso, I, 60, 62-64)
    black chalk, brown and gray wash, watermark coat-of-arms with a star surmounted by a crown
    151⁄2 x 93⁄4 in. (39.4 x 24.7 cm)
    Provenance
    see under lot 40.
    Literature
    E. Mongan, P. Hofer and J. Seznec, Fragonard. Drawings for Ariosto, London, 1945, p. 62, pl. 7 (as illustrating I, 74, Bradamante fells Sacripante).
    M.-A. Dupuy-Vachey, Fragonard et le Roland Furieux, Paris, 2003, no. 10, p. 378, ill.
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