1805-1806
23.7 x 17.9 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Jacques-Louis David, David Estate sale, Paris, A. N. Pérignon, 1826. sale, April 17, 1826, lot 75 or 79 Duchesse de Bassano, to her daughter Mlle de Bassano. Mademoiselle de Bassano. Martin Birnbaum, purchased from Mlle de Bassano, 1937, for Grenville L. Winthrop. Grenville Lindall Winthrop, purchased 1937, bequest to Fogg, 1943.
Transparent and opaque watercolor with graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, watercolor, and white gouache on tracing paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with traces of charcoal with scraping on cream antique laid paper; graphite outline on palette and lower edge of coat lapels (later addition?)
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon with touches of graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of red and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th-19th centuryFrenchGray ink and brown wash over graphite on cream modern paper, laid down to faded blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in red ink, adhered to cream wove card border
18th-19th centuryFrench