17th century
47.8 x 35.9 cm (18 13/16 x 14 1/8 in.)
Comte Jean-Joseph-Marie-Anatole Marquet de Vasselot, Paris (his mark, L. 2499); Jean-Christophe Baudequin (at Galerie Ratton et Ladriere), Paris, sold; to Galerie Eric Coatalem, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, 1996, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999, inv. no. 1999.28
Colored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face
16th-17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash with traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on blue antique laid paper, laid down on light tan antique laid paper, with white paper strips adhered to face
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash
17th-18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over traces of graphite on dark cream antique laid paper prepared with a reddish brown wash, partial framing lines in brown ink, laid down on off-white card
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchPen with black ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on light-tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, bottom left corner and right edge made-up, laid down on a remnant of a Mariette mount
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on heavy cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrench