18th century
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16.1 x 21.1 cm (6 5/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, by descent?; to his heirs. Georges Huot, his great-grandson, sold; to George S. Hellman, New York, sold [through Kende Galleries, New York, April 10, 1952, lot 75]. Ira Spanierman. Martin Reymert and Gerald Norman, New York and London, sold; to Fogg Art Musuem, 1968
Black chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with discolored blue antique laid paper adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: gray and brown wash over graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and brown wash over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partially incised; verso: rubbed with red chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack, red, and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchPastel on paper, wrapped around and adhered to canvas
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream wove paper, foxed, laid down. In some areas the acidic ink has eaten into the paper; pin holes at the four corners.
18th-19th centuryFrench