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Half-Length Nude Girl Asleep
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This watercolor on ivory has been attributed to Marie-Anne Gérard, wife of Jean-Honoré Fragonard. An inscription on the back of the frame in pencil reads "par Mde Fragonard." The miniature is in a narrow 19th-century gilt metal frame, backed with card.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Likely Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or, more likely, Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.25