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Le Billet Doux (The Love Letter) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Le Billet Doux (The Love Letter)

Oil on canvas, unlined
16.5 x 12.4 cm (6.5 x 4.88 in)
Paintings
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (25 Oct 2016)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Oct 25, 2016
Christie'sNew YorkOld Master Paintings100
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Le Billet Doux (The Love Letter)
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Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

16.5 x 12.4 cm (6.5 x 4.88 in)

Materials

oil on canvas, unlined

Provenance

Dujarry Sale, Paris, 4/5 July 1783, lot 36, one of a pair (“Deux tableaux: dans l’un on voit une jeune fille à une croisée, qui s’entretient avec un jeune homme; la crainte d’être surprise répand sur sa figure un intérêt que l’on partage volontiers. L’autre représente une jeune fille, à qui la lecture d’une letter qu’elle tient semble causer le plus vif chagrin. H. 6 p[ouces]; L. 4 p[ouces]”).

Private collection, Lyon, since the 19th century.

Private collection, Paris.

Private collection, London.