Probably in the anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel de Bullion, 8 July 1793, no. 16

G. Muhlbacher, Paris

Muhlbacher sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 13-15 May 1907, no. 20, repr.

David David-Weill, Paris, 1907-1939

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

Mr. and Mrs. E. John Magnin, New York, 31 October 1939

Gift to the de Young Museum, 1963 [1]


[1] Remained with Mr. and Mrs. Magnin in New York until 1975.

1907, Paris. Galerie Georges Petit. “Exposition Chardin et Fragonard,” June - July, no. 144.

1937, New York. Wildenstein & Co., Inc. “David-Weill Pictures,” 10 November- 31 December, no. 21.

1942, New York. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. “French and English Art Treasures of the XVIII Century,” 20 - 30 December, no. 21.

1978-1979, Denver-New York-Minneapolis. “Masterpieces of French Art: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.” Denver Art Museum, 26 December 1978 - 18 February 1979; New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., 14 March - 27 April 1979; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 24 May - 1 July 1979, no. 18.

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Gabriel Henriot. Collection David Weill. 2 vols. Paris: Braun, 1926, pp. 141-142, repr.

R. H. Wilenski. French Painting. Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, Inc., 1936; Boston: Charles T. Bradford Co., 1949. Reprint. New York: Dover Publications, 1973, p. 163, pl. 72a.

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Louis Réau. Fragonard: Sa vie et son oeuvre. Paris: Elsevier, 1956, pp. 159, 251.

Georges Wildenstein. The Paintings of Fragonard. London: Phaidon Press, 1960, p. 262, no. 278, pl. 47.

Alexandre Ananoff. L'œuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 4 vols. Paris: F. de Nobele, 1961-1970, 2:53.

Georges Wildenstein and Gabriele Mandel. L'opera completa di Fragonard. Milan: Rizzoli, 1972, no. 296, repr.

Thomas P. Lee. "Recently Acquired French Paintings: Reflections on the Past." Apollo 111, no. 217 (March 1980): p. 219, fig. 10 on 216.

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William R. Wilson. The Los Angeles Times Book of California Museums. New York: Abrams, 1985, pp. 73-74, pl. 63.

Thomas Hoving. ”The Grand Tour: Rating California Art Museums and Their Contents.” Connoisseur (February 1987): p. 96, repr. in color, 97.

Pierre Rosenberg. Fragonard. New York: Metropolitan Museum of New York, 1988, mentioned under no. 146, 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. 171-173, repr.