Marguerite Gérard and Fragonard at the Getty Museum

26/5/26 - Acquisition - Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum - It is a magnificent painting by Marguerite Gérard and Jean-Honoré Fragonard that has recently taken its place on the walls of California, one of those collaborative works that enjoyed great commercial success at the end of the 18th century before subsequently tormenting the minds (and eyes) of art historians. Long thought lost, I Was Thinking of You (ill. 1) was rediscovered by Carole Blumenfeld during her research on the two artists and made a notable reappearance in Ajaccio in the summer of 2007. Unveiled on the occasion of the exhibition “Cardinal Fesch and the Art of His Time” and benefiting from an entry in its catalogue, it then returned to a private collection before joining the Getty Museum, which purchased it…