17th century
15.1 x 21 cm (5 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Charles-Philippe, Marquis de Chennevières-Pointel, Paris and Bellême (Lugt 2072), sold [through his sale, expert P. Roblin, Paris, April 4-7, 1900, lot 28]. Sold [Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 2, 1902, lot 13. Albert Léon Victor Finot, Troyes (Lugt 3627), sold [through his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 5, 1982, lot 88]. Claudius Mathias de Jonge, Paris (Lugt 4328). Private collection, France. Sold [through Hôtel Drouot, December 20, 1994, lot 30]. Michel Gierzod, Paris, by 1995, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, inv. no. D-F-9, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999
Red and white chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: darkened
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th 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
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
17th centuryFrenchWatercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, extended on three sides on the upper left and right, framing lines in red chalk and brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown ink on cream antique laid paper, laid down on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white card, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray and brown wash with traces of black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk and graphite
16th-17th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrench