18th century
36.3 x 20.4 cm (14 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Baron Roger Portalis (Lugt 2232), Paris. [Christie’s, New York, January 10, 1990, lot 147 (as Pierre)]. [Christie’s, New York, January 10, 1996, lot 238], sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 1999.
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and red chalk wash on toned cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: red chalk and graphite
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and white gouache over graphite and black chalk on brown wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, laid down to cardboard
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink, brown wash, and red chalk
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench