Lot 50
Lot 50
Property from the Collection of Nina R. and Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.
JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)

Olympia swoons (Orlando furioso, X, 24)

    Price Realised USD 40,000
    Estimate
    USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
    Closed: 28 Jan 2021
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    JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)

    Olympia swoons (Orlando furioso, X, 24)

    Price Realised USD 40,000
    Closed: 28 Jan 2021
    Price Realised USD 40,000
    Closed: 28 Jan 2021
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    JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)
    Olympia swoons (Orlando furioso, X, 24)
    black chalk, brown and gray wash, stumping, traces of a watermark with initials
    153⁄4 x 101⁄4 in. (40 x 26.2 cm)
    Provenance
    see under lot 40.
    Literature
    E. Mongan, P. Hofer and J. Seznec, Fragonard. Drawings for Ariosto, London, 1945, p. 68, pl. 56.
    M.-A. Dupuy-Vachey, Fragonard et le Roland Furieux, Paris, 2003, no. 83, p. 384, ill.
    Exhibited
    Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fragonard. Les Plaisirs d'un siècle, 2008, no. 67, ill.
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