Updated 12 March 2024
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Young Bear Leader
Date | ca. 1760 |
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Materials and Techniques | pen and brown wash with faint pencil indications on paper |
Size(cm) | 30.3 x 39.7 |
Standard ref. | Ananoff 2115 |
Category | Drawings |
Collection Number | D.1980-0001 |
Fragonard, who had studied under Boucher in Paris, spent time in Rome to study Italian works of art. In this sketch, he uses light colors and free, spontaneous movements of the pen to bring to life a joyous Italian scene. A book of etchings entitled "Griffin", published in 1762 by Fragonard's patron, the Abbé de Saint-Non, contains a leaf based on this rough sketch. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Hippolyte Walferdin (Auc. 12-16 Apr. 1880, lot no. 204); Morgan et Fatou; Louis Roederer, Reims, c. 1889; Private Coll., Paris; Wildrenstein, Tokyo; Purchased by the NMWA, 1981.
Exhibition History
- 1977
- Maîtres du dessin français 18ème ciècle, Wildenstein Tokyo, 13 October 1977 - 30 November 1977, cat. no. 16
- 1980
- Fragonard, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 18 March 1980 - 11 May 1980, cat. no. 114
- 1997
- Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, 12 April 1997 - 18 May 1997, cat. no. 11
- 2001
- French Masterpiece Drawings from The National Museum of Western Art Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 27 March 2001 - 24 June 2001
- 2012
- Hubert Robert: Les jardins du Temps, The National Museum of Western Art, 6 March 2012 - 20 May 2012, cat. no. 54
Bibliography
- 1889
- Portalis, Baron Roger. Honoré Fragonard, sa vie et son œuvre. tome 2, Paris, J. Rothschild, Éditeur, 1889, pp. 201, 298.
- 1970
- Ananoff, A. L'Œuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard. tome 4, Paris, 1970, pp. 80-81, no. 2115.
- 1978
- Hubert Robert: Drawings and Watercolors (exh. cat.). Carlson, Victor. Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1978, p. 122.
- 1980
- Fragonard (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 18 March - 11 May 1980; Kyoto Municipal Museum, 24 May - 29 June 1980. [Tokyo], TheYomiuri Shimbun, c1980, cat. no. 114
- 1982
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 15 (1980), 1982, Arikawa, Haruo. On the New Acquisitions 1980. pp. 12-13, Catalogue of the New Acquisitions 1980. p. 24, repr.
- 1989
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1989 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), p. 51, cat. no. 42.
- 1997
- Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art (exh. cat.). The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, 12 April-18 May 1997. The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art; National Museum of Western Art, cat. no. 11.
- 2012
- Hubert Robert: Les jardins du Temps (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art; Fukuoka Art Museum; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art; The Tokyo Shimbun, eds. [Tokyo/ Fukuoka/ Shizuoka], The National Museum of Western Art; Western Art Foundation; Fukuoka Art Museum; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art; The Tokyo Shimbun, 2012, pp. 133, 306, cat. no. 54, col. repr.