Probably in the sale of a painter, Folliot, Paris, 15 April 1793, no. 48 [1]

Perhaps in the [Aubert] sale, Paris, 17-18 April 1806, no. 13

Acquired by "Brunot" for 20 francs, according to the annotated sale catalogue at the Bibliotheque Nationale, 8°V36.2165 [2]

Henri Walferdin sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 12-16 April 1880, no. 65

Acquired by M. de Siéhen for 650 francs [3]

Sale, Collection de M. de X…, 16-21 April 1883, no. 632

Clément Bayard, Paris

[Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York]

Acquired by the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1929 [4]


[1] 5 pieds 10 pouces ✕ 4 pieds 10 pouces (ca. 165 ✕ 133 cm), after which the canvas must have been cut down.
[2] Three paintings entitled "Education of the Virgin" appeared in nineteenth century sales with no dimensions and no support specified: Paris, 17 March 1852, no. 37; Paris, Hôtel des Ventes Mobilières, 27 January 1853, no. 6 sold for 45 francs, according to the annotated sale catalogue at the Bibliotheque Doucet (1853/18); and sale, Cabinet de feu M. le Comte …⁤ et l'atelier de M. …, Paris, 107 rue de Grenelle, 13-15 December 1853, no. 28. It has not yet been possible to determine to which versions these refer.
[3] Wildenstein 1960, no. 19.
[4] cleaned by Teri Oikawa-Picante, 1973.

1931, Cambridge. Fogg Art Museum. "Loan Exhibition of Eighteenth-Century French Art," 16 February - 9 March, no catalogue.

1937, Los Angeles Art Association. “International Art Show,” 11 October - 15 December, no. 83.

1954, New York. Wildenstein & Co., Inc. “French Eighteenth Century Painters,” 16 November - 11 December, no. 10.

1958, Los Angeles-San Francisco. “California Collects: North and South.” Los Angeles, University of California Art Galleries, 20 January - 23 February; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 7 March - 6 April, no. 20, repr.

1962, Seattle World's Fair. “Masterpieces of Art,” 21 April - 4 September, no. 37.

1963, Oberlin. Allen Memorial Art Museum. "Youthful Works by Great Artists," 10-30 March, no catalogue, ref: Bulletin (Spring 1963): no. 18, repr.

1977, New York. Wildenstein & Co., Inc. “Paris-New York: A Continuing Romance,” 3 November - 17 December, no. 35, fig. 41.

1980, Tokyo-Kyoto. “Fragonard.” Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 18 March - 11 May; Kyoto, Municipal Museum, 24 May - 29 June, no. 2, repr.

Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt. L'art du dix-huitième siècle. 2 vols. 1873-1874. Enlarged ed. Paris: Charpentier-Fasquelle, 1894-1895, 3:321.

Roger Portalis. Honoré Fragonard: Sa vie et son œuvre. Paris: J. Rothschild, 1889, p. 276.

Pierre de Nolhac. J.-H. Fragonard: 1732-1806. Catalogue raisonné by Georges Pannier. Paris: Goupil, 1906, p. 164.

Illustrated Handbook of the Collections: California Palace of the Legion of Honor. San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1942, p. 44, repr.

Illustrated Handbook of the Collections: California Palace of the Legion of Honor. San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1944, p. 48, repr.

Illustrated Handbook of the Collections: California Palace of the Legion of Honor. San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1946, p. 52, repr.

Handbook of the Collections: California Palace of the Legion of Honor. San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1960, p. 56, repr.

Georges Wildenstein. The Paintings of Fragonard. London: Phaidon Press, 1960, p. 196, no. 19, pl. 2.

Georges Wildenstein and Gabriele Mandel. L'opera completa di Fragonard. Milan: Rizzoli, 1972, p. 86, no. 18, repr.

Mahonri Sharp Young. "The Last Time I Saw Paris." Apollo 106, no. 189 (November 1977): p. 413, fig. 5.

18th Century French Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture: 6 June - 7 July. Artemis, David Carritt, Ltd.: London, 1978, mentioned under no. 6.

Thomas P. Lee. "Recently Acquired French Paintings: Reflections on the Past." Apollo 111, no. 217 (March 1980): p. 219, fig. 11 on 216.

John D. Morse. Old Master Paintings in North America: Over 3000 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists. New York: Abbeville Press, 1980, p. 128.

M. A. Morris. European Paintings of the 18th Century. London: Frederick Warne, 1981, p. 22.

Selections from The Armand Hammer Collections, 22 May - 26 August. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984, mentioned under no. 7.

T. Lefrançois. ”Les peintures provençales anciennes des Fine Arts Museums de San Francisco.” Bulletin Mensuel de l'Académie de Vaucluse (January 1985): p. 4.

Donald A. Rosenthal. La Grande Manière: Historical and Religious Painting in France, 1700-1800. Rochester: Memorial Art Gallery, 1987, p. 34, fig. 24 on 35.

Pierre Rosenberg. Fragonard. New York: Metropolitan Museum of New York, 1988, mentioned under no. 232, fig. 2.

Pierre Rosenberg and Marion C. Stewart. French Paintings 1500-1825: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1987, pp. 164-167, repr.