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
Black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk and graphite on prepared blue paper
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17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash, incised, on blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with traces of white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor, gouache and black ink, on colored (?) antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and red chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash on cream laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a decorative mount
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, watercolor, and white gouache over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, brown ink, and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench