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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
Gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in red chalk
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 centuryFrenchWatercolor and touches of gouache over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to gray antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper (possibly same paper as album sheets)
18th centuryFrenchBrown chalk on cream laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and touches of black ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black chalk, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrench