THE BELOVED CHILD (L'ENFANT CHÉRI)
Creator(s): Marguerite Gérard (Artist) , Jean-Honoré Fragonard (After)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall
About this object
In the center of the composition a child rides in a red and gold cart drawn by two young women. The child, enveloped in a voluminous white cloth, holds a dog. At the front a woman wears a pink dress beneath a chemise of thin gauze. The woman pushing from the back is dressed in a white cotton chemise and a striped skirt. Two dogs running alongside the cart and a young boy with a rake accompany the group on this outing in the park.
- Object name:
- THE BELOVED CHILD (L'ENFANT CHÉRI)
- Made from:
- Oil on canvas
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- c. 1790
- Size:
- Framed: 31 × 37 × 4 1/2 in. (78.7 × 94 × 11.4 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 51.9
- Class:
- PAINTING
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE; DATE M. Gerard 179- lower right
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973