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
Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchColored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face
16th-17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over traces of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk, brown wash, and white gouache on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk on paper; verso: red and black chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk and graphite
17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on Japan paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream wove paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash over red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrench