A Young Woman Seated on a Chair
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This sheet has long been considered a bittersweet portrayal of the artist’s daughter, Rosalie, during a period of illness before her death in 1788 at the age of eighteen. The young woman clutches a pillow, and a fire screen alongside her chair protects her from drafts. The lack of specificity in her features, however, and the sheet’s similarities to other drawings of this type dated to the early 1770s make the sitter’s identity difficult to confirm.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Young Woman Seated on a Chair
- Artist: Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732–1806 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1770-80
- Medium: Red chalk
- Dimensions: 13 3/8 × 9 in. (34 × 22.9 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bulow Fund (1993.6)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints