JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)
Lot 40Property from the Collection of Nina R. and Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.

JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)

Rinaldo and Ferraù part company at the fork in the road (Orlando furioso, I, 22-23)

Fermé28 January 2021

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JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)
Rinaldo and Ferraù part company at the fork in the road (Orlando furioso, I, 22-23)
black chalk, brown and gray wash, watermark coat-of-arms with a star surmounted by a crown
15 ¼ x 9 3/8 in. (38.7 x 23.7 cm)

Probably the artist’s family.
Hippolyte Walferdin (1795-1880), Paris; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 12-16 April 1880, lot 228.
Louis Roederer (1845-1880), Reims; by descent to his nephew
Léon Olry-Roederer (1870-1932), Reims and Paris.
with Thos. Agnew and Sons, London 1922; acquired en bloc by
Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach (1876-1952), Philadelphia, until 1952; acquired from his estate by
John Fleming (1910-1987), New York and Larchmont; sold in 1955 to an
American private collector.
with Thos. Agnew and Sons, London, probably sold around 2005-2006 to
Nina R. and Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.

Note du spécialiste

Rinaldo and Ferraù decide to interrupt their combat to search for Angelica. Rinaldo proceeds by foot, while Ferraù takes a different path on his horse.