c. 1758
24.3 x 16.5 cm (9 9/16 x 6 1/2 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
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and white gouache on buff wove paper, laid down to board(?). Surrounding paper frame obscures edges.
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown ink wash, and red chalk wash over red chalk on antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over black chalk on tan antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black and brown ink, laid down
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, extended on three sides on the upper left and right, framing lines in red chalk and brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and wash with touches of black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper; framing line in black ink, mounted overall
18th centuryFrenchGraphite, gouache, and watercolor on white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench