Why it matters
An unknown girl sits in profile in a lemon-yellow dress with a white ruff, absorbed in a small book. Fragonard was one of the foremost painters of the French Rococo, drawn to the playful lives and loves of the aristocratic youth of his day.
Did you know?
- It is also known as La Liseuse, The Reader.
- Fragonard won the Prix de Rome in 1753.
- The National Gallery of Art bought it in 1961 with funds from Ailsa Mellon Bruce.
Based on the Wikipedia article A Young Girl Reading (CC BY-SA 4.0).
