JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD. 1732-1806

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Oil on canvas. 25 X 35 cm. Inv. No 2744 Provenance: since 1934 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow (received from the Mozhaisk Board of Public Education)

Exhibitions: 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 60; 1956 Leningrad, Cat., p. 60

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 81; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 143; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 188; Sterling 1957, ill. 44, p. 50; Прокофьев 1962, ill. 73; ГМИИ 1966, No 63

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Oil on canvas. 47 X 61 cm. Inv. No 1129 The picture may be dated the early 1760s. It is a companion piece to The Snatched Kiss (The Hermitage, Inv. No 5646). Engraved by J. Hue.

Provenance: 1764 'Sale of the Le Clerc Collection, Paris; from the late 18th century to 1924 The Yusu-povs Collection, Arkhangelskoye (near Moscow) and St Petersburg — Petrograd; 1924—25 The Hermitage, Leningrad; since 1925 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 60; 1956 Leningrad, Cat., p. 60; 1965 Bordeaux, Cat., p. 20; 1965— 66 Paris, Cat., p. 18

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 86; ill.; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 142; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 188; Musee Youssoupoff 1839, No 365; R. Portalis, Fragonard, sa vie, son ceuvre, Paris, 1889, No 103; А. Прахов 1906, p. 201, ill. 126; Кат. Юсуповской галереи 1920, No 68; Эрнст 1924, p. 214, ill.; Reau 1929, No 525; L. Reau, Fragonard, sa vie, son ceuvre, Paris, 1956, p. 168; G. Wildenstein, The Paintings of Fragonard, London, 1960, No 120, ill.

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