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A Young Girl Reading (c. 1770-1772). Oil on canvas, 81.1 × 64.8 cm (31+15⁄16 × 25+1⁄2 in). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard: A Young Girl Reading  wikidata:Q2629423 reasonator:Q2629423
Artist
Jean-Honoré Fragonard  (1732–1806)  wikidata:Q127171 q:it:Jean-Honoré Fragonard
 
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Alternative names
Honoré Fragonard
Description French painter, drawer and etcher
Date of birth/death 5 April 1732 Edit this at Wikidata 22 August 1806 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Grasse Paris
Work location
Paris (1749-1756), Rome (1756-1761), Tivoli (1760), Naples (1761), Paris (1761), Northern Netherlands (1773), Orléans (1773), Limoges (1773), Uzerche (1773), Nègrepelisse (1773), Italy (1773-1774), Dresden (20 August 1774-31 August 1774), Paris (1774-1806)
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q127171
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
French:
Jeune Fille lisant Edit this at Wikidata

A Young Girl Reading
title QS:P1476,fr:"Jeune Fille lisant Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lfr,"Jeune Fille lisant Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"La lettrice"
label QS:Lhr,"Mlada čitačica"
label QS:Lvi,"Một cô gái trẻ đang đọc sách"
label QS:Lde,"Lesende Frau"
label QS:Lpt,"A Leitora"
label QS:Len-gb,"A Young Girl Reading"
label QS:Lfa,"خواندن دختر جوان"
label QS:Lmk,"Читачка"
label QS:Lda,"En ung pige læser"
label QS:Ltr,"Okuyan Genç Kız"
label QS:Lja,"読書する娘"
label QS:Lpt-br,"A Leitora"
label QS:Len-ca,"A Young Girl Reading"
label QS:Lth,"สตรีสาวอ่านหนังสือ"
label QS:Lhyw,"Երիտասարդ ընթերցողը"
label QS:Lml,"എ യംഗ് ഗേൾ റീഡിംഗ്"
label QS:Lnl,"Een jong meisje leest"
label QS:Lsl,"Mladenka bere"
label QS:Larz,"القارئه الحسناء"
label QS:Lhy,"Երիտասարդ ընթերցող"
label QS:Len,"A Young Girl Reading"
label QS:Lar,"القارئة الحسناء"
label QS:Lru,"Молодая читательница"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
French:
Jeune Fille lisant Edit this at Wikidata

The Reader
label QS:Lde,"Lesende Frau"
label QS:Lfr,"La Liseuse"
label QS:Len,"The Reader"
label QS:Lpt,"A leitora"
Date circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 81.1 cm (31.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 64.8 cm (25.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+81.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+64.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q214867
Current location
Gallery 55
Accession number
1961.16.1 (National Gallery of Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
  • 11 March 1776: sale of the collection of Edit this at Wikidata
  • 26 April 1844: sale of the collection of Edit this at Wikidata
  • 15 November 1961: sale of the collection of Edit this at Wikidata
  • 10 March 1845: sale of the collection of Edit this at Wikidata
  • 1899: sale of the collection of Edit this at Wikidata
  • 7 February 1777: sale of the collection of Edit this at Wikidata
References
Source/Photographer : online database: entry 1961.16.1
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current14:11, 27 October 2014Thumbnail for version as of 14:11, 27 October 20143,182 × 4,000 (5.19 MB)Crisco 1492 (talk | contribs)Higher res, same source
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08:36, 30 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 08:36, 30 June 2006815 × 1,023 (162 KB)Rtc (talk | contribs)Pristine copy from source.
21:47, 4 May 2005Thumbnail for version as of 21:47, 4 May 2005815 × 1,023 (163 KB)Gdr (talk | contribs)''The Reader'' by w:Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1770–1772; Oil on canvas, 82 x 65 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC {{PD-art}} From [http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/fragonard/reader.jpg]

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