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102 - Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD (Grasse, 1732 – Paris, 1806)
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Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD (Grasse, 1732 – Paris, 1806) Venus Binding the Wings of Cupid Oil on canvas Venus Binding the Wings of Cupid, oil on canvas, by J.-H. Fragonard 31.10 x 52.55 in. 79 x 133.5 cm Provenance: Collection of Béatrice de Rothschild (1864–1964), wife of Ephrussi; Private collection, France; Galerie André Weil, Paris, 1969; Norton Simon Foundation, Los Angeles, 1969; Anonymous sale; London, Sotheby’s, April 16, 1980, lot 97; Anonymous sale; London, Sotheby’s, November 17, 1982, lot 74; Private collection, Japan; Private collection, Paris Bibliography: Georges Wildenstein, *The Painting of Fragonard*, London, 1960, no. 51 bis, p. 204, fig. 35 bis (with a companion piece, *La musique*) Gabriele Mandel, *L’opera completa di Fragonard*, Milan, 1972, no. 58 Denys Sutton, Fragonard, exhibition catalog, Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art; Kyoto, Municipal Museum, 1980, mentioned in the entry for no. 9, *La Musique*; Jean-Pierre Cuzin, *Fragonard: Life and Work*, Fribourg, 1987, p. 298, no. 206; Pierre Rosenberg, *The Complete Paintings of Fragonard*, Paris, 1989, no. 233 Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD (Grasse, 1732 – Paris, 1806) 79 x 133.5 cm
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