FJK 046

Fragonard Jean-Honoré (French, Grasse 1732–1806 Paris)

Staircase in an Italian Park with Young Women

ca. 1778-1780
15 15/64 × 10 3/64 in. (387 × 255 mm)

Medium
Brown ink wash and graphite on paper

Collector’s mark “Marius Paulme” bottom right

Origin

Marius Paulme Collection (Lugt 1910)
Sale Marius Paulme, Gallery Georges Petit, Paris, May 13, 1929, no. 79, pl. 52
Frits Lugt Collection
Robert von Hirsch Collection, Basel (1883-1977)
His sale, Sotheby’s Parke Bernet & Co., New York, June 20, 1978, no. 56
David Tunick Inc., New York
Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco (acquired from previous owner on May 17, 1988), JK 4523
Jan Krugier Foundation

Bibliography

ANANOFF A, L’œuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard, vol. I, 1961, p. 157, no. 360; vol. III, 1968, p. 299, no. 360.

DÜCKERS Alexander, Linie, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Berlin: G & H Verlag, 1999, Catalogue raisonné, p. 401, ill.

RYLANDS Philip, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, Berlin: G & H Verlag, 1999, Catalogue raisonné, p. 401, ill.

Exhibitions

Paris, Hôtel de Sagan, Fragonard, 1931, no. 91 (Robert von Hirsch).

Paris, Jacques Seligman & Fils, Exposition de Dessins de Fragonard, 1931, p. 49, no. 98.

Bern, Switzerland, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Fragonard, 1954, p. 37, no. 64.

Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, 1999, p. 144, no. 65, color ill. p. 145.

Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, p. 184, no. 76, color ill. p. 185.