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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
Bound folio volume, three-quarters green parchment binding, green marbled boards, rubbed at all edges, upper cover seperated at spine. Inscribed in black ink along spine: Dessins. The folios are off-white modern laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on thin white wove paper.
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchChalk on paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk and gray wash
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, adhered to a decorated mount, extended at top
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrench