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The two sisters by Jean Baptiste Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non  (what a name!)

c. 1770

The Met says: “Two Sisters” reproduces an oil painting by Fragonard (53.61.5), which by chance is also in the Metropolitan Museum, as it looked before it was cut down to about half its original size. The pastel is signed and dated 1770, the approximate date of the painting. The identity of the sitters is not known. Typically, the girls are dressed as adults, in contemporary costumes. The doll, a Polichinelle, takes the form of a clown with a mask and a bicorne hat. Saint-Non’s children are prettier and more conventional in appearance than Fragonard’s; he eschews the brilliant yellow that Fragonard used for the younger girl’s dress. The drawing, especially of the hands and arms, is weak but the pastel is rare and has enormous charm.