Jean Honore Fragonard (French, 1732-1806)
Oval frame: 16” x 13”
Oil on tin/copper, Glued onto board.
no signature visible
Tin/copper, glued to a board, during a restoration in the Kaiser Friedrich museum. The museum is now known as the Bode Museum since 1956.
Most probable a study from his Italian period.
French Rococo Artist
This little piece was purchased by antique dealer “Glenk” in 1908 in Berlin.
There is a little provenance handwritten on board on verso in German.
Faded stamp; “J.H. Fragonard 1732-1806” on verso.
Translation of German handwriting on verso into English:
[J. H. FRAGONARD] - 1732 - 1806.
From Professor Hauser
from Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum,
restored
hand painted on metal,
“Under the suspended basket”
signed right
frago
Then below is written;
Purchased in 1908,
by Glenk
Berlin, Unter den Linden. (Street name in Berlin)
Galerie Ludwig Glenk, based at Unter den Linden 31, a gallery company dealing in luxury goods and antiques of all sorts, including Chinese objects. In 1920 Worch became co-owner, gradually changing the company’s name into Glenk-Worch.
Jean Honore Fragonard (French, 1732-1806)
Oval frame: 16” x 13”
Oil on tin/copper, Glued onto board.
no signature visible
Tin/copper, glued to a board, during a restoration in the Kaiser Friedrich museum. The museum is now known as the Bode Museum since 1956.
Most probable a study from his Italian period.
French Rococo Artist
This little piece was purchased by antique dealer “Glenk” in 1908 in Berlin.
There is a little provenance handwritten on board on verso in German.
Faded stamp; “J.H. Fragonard 1732-1806” on verso.
Translation of German handwriting on verso into English:
[J. H. FRAGONARD] - 1732 - 1806.
From Professor Hauser
from Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum,
restored
hand painted on metal,
“Under the suspended basket”
signed right
frago
Then below is written;
Purchased in 1908,
by Glenk
Berlin, Unter den Linden. (Street name in Berlin)
Galerie Ludwig Glenk, based at Unter den Linden 31, a gallery company dealing in luxury goods and antiques of all sorts, including Chinese objects. In 1920 Worch became co-owner, gradually changing the company’s name into Glenk-Worch.
