17th century
oval: 27.6 x 22.8 cm (10 7/8 x 9 in.)
Herbert N. Straus, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957, inv. no. 1957.183
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk on paper
17th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk, gray and red-chalk wash, and touches of brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines and guidelines in red chalk, laid down on off-white paper, laid down on a decorated mount, laid down on blue-green wove paper
17th centuryFrenchColored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face
16th-17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash with touches of graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over traces of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchBrown and black ink, brown and gray wash, black and red chalk, and off-white oil paint on cream antique laid paper, incised for transfer, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper (remnant of a register of names), adhered to a decorated mount
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink, gray wash, over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
17th-18th centuryFrench