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French School
18th century
Fête Galante with Two Gentlemen in a Landscape and a Young Peasant Woman Leading a Donkey
Gouache on paper.
6 x 7 3/4 inches (156 x 195 mm), oval
Gift of Charles Ryskamp in memory of Baroness Liliane de Rothschild.
2003.10
Notes:
It has been suggested that the artist who executed this drawing might be Moreau l'Aîné or an artist close to Fragonard. However, it seems more likely that the work is earlier than either figure and that the unknown artist was influenced directly by Watteau, as the style of the figures suggests.
Provenance:
Claude Boisgirard, Paris; his sale, Paris, 10 April 1991, lot 8; Richard Day Ltd., London; to Charles Ryskamp (August 1992), Princeton and New York.
Associated names:
Boisgirard, Claude, former owner.
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
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