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Young girl seated (portrait of the artist's daughter?) (formerly titled 'La Résignée')
Maker
(artist)
1732-1806
1732-1806
Title
Young girl seated (portrait of the artist's daughter?) (formerly titled 'La Résignée')
Date of Production
1785
Medium
red chalk on laid paper, laid down and framed in black ink, and that in turn laid down on a green (probably originally blue) 18th(?)-century mount with black and gold borders and a cartouche at lower centre with the artist's name and date
Dimensions
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 17.2 cm
Width: 17.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.229
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This wistful young girl is thought to be the artist’s sixteen-year-old daughter Rosalie. The traditional title, La Résignée (The Resigned One), seems particularly poignant in light of the fact that Rosalie died three years later (the erroneous date of 1765 on the cartouche was added by a later owner). The drawing showcases Fragonard’s remarkable chalk technique, from the vigorous strokes visible in the sitter’s bodice to the softer, less distinct lines of the slipping shawl. The most intense graphic activity is visible around the girl’s heart, suggesting emotional turmoil.
Provenance
François-Martial Marcille (1790-1856); his estate sale, Defer and Pillet (Paris), 4-7 March 1857, lot 65; purchased there by Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) and Jules de Goncourt (1830-1870), L. 1089 (lower right); their estate sale, Féral and Duchesne (Paris), 15-17 February 1897, lot 83; purchased there by Pierre Decourcelle, Paris (1856-1926); his sale, Galerie Georges Petit (Paris), 29-30 May 1911, lot 89; purchased there by E.M. Hodgkins (1892-1917); his sale, Paris, 30 April 1914, lot 26; sale of 'Property of a Nobleman', Sotheby's (London), 9 December 1936, lot 50; purchased there by Dufois; Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), by 1961 (when published in his catalogue); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Frick Collection, New York, 02/10/2012-27/01/2013
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2012-09/09/2012
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991 ...More
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/07/1981-26/01/1982
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
Exposition d’oeuvres de l’art français au XVIIIème siècle, Académie Royale des Arts, 1910
Chardin-Fragonard, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1907
Dessins de Maitres anciens, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1879 ...Less
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2012-09/09/2012
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991 ...More
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/07/1981-26/01/1982
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
Exposition d’oeuvres de l’art français au XVIIIème siècle, Académie Royale des Arts, 1910
Chardin-Fragonard, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1907
Dessins de Maitres anciens, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1879 ...Less
Literature
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, Frick Collection, New York and Courtauld Gallery, London London 2012-2013
pp. 169-72
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 21, p. 48
ill. on p. 49 (b&w) and np (colour)
Launay, Élisabeth, Les frères Goncourt: Collectionneurs de dessins, Paris 1991
pp. 291-92 ...More
Borne, François, 'Excellence in obscurity: French drawings at the Courtauld Institute of Art' in 'Apollo', September 1991 - pp. 192-94; CXXXIV, 355
fig. 2 on p. 194
Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 176
ill. on p. 177
entry author: Anita Brookner
Fragonard, Grand Palais, Paris and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987
p. 568
fig. 1
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 67, pp. 67-68
ill. on p. 81
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), Courtauld Gallery, London, 1981-1982
cat. no. 135
Drawings by Fragonard in North American Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA; The Frick Collection, New York, 1978
p. 136
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
Ananoff, Alexandre, L’oeuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806): Catalogue raisonné, 3 vols., Paris 1961-70
vol. I, no. 199 and vol. III, no. 199
vol. I, fig. 77
dated 1785
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 229
pl. LIV
dated 1765
Réau, L., Fragonard: sa vie et son oeuvre, Brussels 1956
p. 216
dated 1785
Sutton, Denys, French drawings of the eighteenth century, London 1949
p. 17
fig. 19
Exposition d’oeuvres de l’art français au XVIIIème siècle, Académie Royale des Arts, 1910
cat. no. 172
as La Résignée; also listed in German catalogue, no. 199 as Die Resignierte
Portalis, Baron R., Honoré Fragonard, Paris 1889
vol. II, p. 300
dated 1785
Charles-Philippe de Chennevières-Pointel, Les dessins de maîtres anciens exposés à l'école des Beaux-Arts en 1879, Paris 1880
p. 110
ill.
Goncourt, E. and J. de, Fragonard: Étude contenant quatre dessins gravés de l'eau forte, Paris 1865
ill.
dated 1785 ...Less
pp. 169-72
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 21, p. 48
ill. on p. 49 (b&w) and np (colour)
Launay, Élisabeth, Les frères Goncourt: Collectionneurs de dessins, Paris 1991
pp. 291-92 ...More
Borne, François, 'Excellence in obscurity: French drawings at the Courtauld Institute of Art' in 'Apollo', September 1991 - pp. 192-94; CXXXIV, 355
fig. 2 on p. 194
Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 176
ill. on p. 177
entry author: Anita Brookner
Fragonard, Grand Palais, Paris and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987
p. 568
fig. 1
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 67, pp. 67-68
ill. on p. 81
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), Courtauld Gallery, London, 1981-1982
cat. no. 135
Drawings by Fragonard in North American Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA; The Frick Collection, New York, 1978
p. 136
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
Ananoff, Alexandre, L’oeuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806): Catalogue raisonné, 3 vols., Paris 1961-70
vol. I, no. 199 and vol. III, no. 199
vol. I, fig. 77
dated 1785
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 229
pl. LIV
dated 1765
Réau, L., Fragonard: sa vie et son oeuvre, Brussels 1956
p. 216
dated 1785
Sutton, Denys, French drawings of the eighteenth century, London 1949
p. 17
fig. 19
Exposition d’oeuvres de l’art français au XVIIIème siècle, Académie Royale des Arts, 1910
cat. no. 172
as La Résignée; also listed in German catalogue, no. 199 as Die Resignierte
Portalis, Baron R., Honoré Fragonard, Paris 1889
vol. II, p. 300
dated 1785
Charles-Philippe de Chennevières-Pointel, Les dessins de maîtres anciens exposés à l'école des Beaux-Arts en 1879, Paris 1880
p. 110
ill.
Goncourt, E. and J. de, Fragonard: Étude contenant quatre dessins gravés de l'eau forte, Paris 1865
ill.
dated 1785 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down; none evident in raking light.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink (not a signature, see Rosenberg in Paris and New York 1987, and the reading of the date is contentious, see notes): “frago. 176[8?]5”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, in cartouche, black ink: “H. FRAGONARD / 1765”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite, modern hand: “I 17”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, blindstamped: Edmond and Jules Goncourt (L.1089). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left on gold border, blindstamped: unidentified collector (L.3795).
Stamp: Mount (historic), Verso: triangle with eagle on globe above "VON DER / ZENTRALSTELLE / FÜR DENKMALSCHUTZ / ZUR AUSFUHR / FREIGEGEBEN”.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink (not a signature, see Rosenberg in Paris and New York 1987, and the reading of the date is contentious, see notes): “frago. 176[8?]5”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, in cartouche, black ink: “H. FRAGONARD / 1765”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite, modern hand: “I 17”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, blindstamped: Edmond and Jules Goncourt (L.1089). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left on gold border, blindstamped: unidentified collector (L.3795).
Stamp: Mount (historic), Verso: triangle with eagle on globe above "VON DER / ZENTRALSTELLE / FÜR DENKMALSCHUTZ / ZUR AUSFUHR / FREIGEGEBEN”.
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