Mountain Landscape at Sunset

Provenance

(Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1996);[1] (James Mackinnon, London); purchased 14 February 1997 through (W.M. Brady & Co., New York) by NGA. [1] According to a verbal communication from James Mackinnon, he acquired the painting in 1996 at a small auction at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris, where it was undocumented and uncatalogued.

Mountain Landscape at Sunset

Fragonard, Jean Honoré

c. 1765

Accession Number

1997.22.1

Medium

oil on paper

Dimensions

overall: 21.5 x 32.8 cm (8 7/16 x 12 15/16 in.) | framed: 32.2 x 43.5 x 4.4 cm (12 11/16 x 17 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Chester Dale Fund