Collection Online as of February 8, 2023

Portrait of a Little Girl

c. 1785

attributed to Anne-Marie Fragonard

(French, 1745–1823)

France, 18th century

Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal frame

Framed: 9.2 x 7 cm (3 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 6.5 x 5.2 cm (2 9/16 x 2 1/16 in.)

The Edward B. Greene Collection 1943.653

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Inscribed on back: Fragonard, Vente de Rouillard, 1853, also F[?] day[?] 14; on edge: 1776 rtt xx.

Citations

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures; The Edward B. Greene Collection. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951. Reproduced: plate XXVII, no. 63; Mentioned: p. 35 archive.org

Exhibition history

Four Centuries of Miniature Painting, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jan 18-March 19, 1950

The Cleveland Museum of Art (11/10/2013 - 2/16/2014); "Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives"

Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).

Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).