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.
Watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper adhered to gray antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on oiled, thin wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk counterproof on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchGray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown wash over graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchGray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrench