Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection

MARIE-ANNE FRAGONARD, NÉE GÉRARD | Portrait of a boy, in the guise of 'Pierrot', circa 1790

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May 7, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

Lot Details

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MARIE-ANNE FRAGONARD, NÉE GÉRARD

Grasse 1745 - 1823 Paris

PORTRAIT OF A BOY, IN THE GUISE OF 'PIERROT', CIRCA 1790

Watercolour and bodycolour and pencil on ivory, gilt-metal mount

7.3 by 5.8 cm., 2⅞ by 2⅜ in.

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The Countess of Dudley;

Elizabeth Parke Firestone (d. 1990), Newport;

her sale, London, Christie's, 8 December 1982, lot 192;

sale, London, Christie's, 27 November 2012, lot 441

P. Rosenberg, 'De qui sont les miniatures de Fragonard?', Revue de l'Art, 1996, p. 74, no. 111, fig. 29

This miniature is based on an oil painting by the artist's husband, Jean Honoré Fragonard now in the Wallace Collection (inv. no. P412).