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A crescent moon amidst a starry sky, over a rural landscape.
diameter: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Cyril Humphris, London, sold at Sotheby's, New York, 1995. Sale, January 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
Brown wash and graphite on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk counterproof on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on cream antique laid paper with folio 5a
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, 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 black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchColored chalks on lightly discolored blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream card, framing lines in brown and black ink
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