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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