The Goddess Minerva

Jean Honore Fragonard(French, 1732-1806)

Date

c. 1772

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

27 5/8 x 21 7/8 in. (70.2 x 55.6 cm),oval canvas FRAMED: 38 x 29 x 4

Department

European Painting

Classification

Paintings

Credit

Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

Accession No.

53.354

Provenance

[Possibly from the collection of the Duc de Liancourt?]; Paris, Lucien Guiraud (dealer); Paris, coll. Wildenstein; Monsieur Destrem, 20 rue Roquepine, Paris from whom acquired by R. Gimpel on 5 January 1923; Paris, René Gimpel (dealer) from whom purchased by Mr. & Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb in 1925 (invoiced 21 July 1925; paid 16 Nov. 1925); Detroit, Collection Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, by whom bequeathed to the DIA in 1953.