1753
Jeton: Q[U]OD ["u" added in graphite] RECIPIT SPLENDIDE REDDIT / The sun shines onto a mirror, the reflection setting fire to an old tree stump. / CHAMBRE AUX / DENIERS. 1753
diameter: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.)
Robert Carfrae, Scotland, sold at Glendining & Co., London, 1990. Sale, November 28, 1990, no. 320. The drawing was acquired by Robert Carfrae (1820-1900) during the 19th century, and was consigned to auction ninety years after his death. Cyril Humphris, London, purchased from Glendining & Co., 1990, sold at Sotheby's, New York, 1995. Sale Jan. 10, 1995, lot 64 Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from Sotheby's, New York, 1995, sold to HUAM, 2000, 2000. long-term loan to HUAM, 1995-2000
Graphite, stumped, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in graphite
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper with folio 6b
18th centuryFrenchChalk on paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk counterproof on tan antique laid paper, lower left corner made up
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash over traces of black crayon on off-white laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray and brown wash with traces of white gouache over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper, irregular
18th centuryFrench23 drawings in black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, black ink and watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash with watercolor over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th-19th centuryFrench