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The Little Park

ca. 1765
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
The craggy trees that Fragonard added to the foreground of the wash version of The Little Park on view nearby (ca. 1763–65) were carried over to a painted version and then, in turn, to this jewel-like work done in gouache, an opaque form of watercolor. Executed on a smaller scale than the painted version of the composition, it has a more silvery gray palette with touches of ocher and rust, suggesting early fall.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Little Park
  • Artist: Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732–1806 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1765
  • Medium: Gouache on vellum
  • Dimensions: 7 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (19.7 × 24.1 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Morgan Library & Museum, New York (1997.85)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints