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 chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash with touches of black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, incised, laid down on decorated mount
17th centuryFrench, LorraineseBrown ink over red chalk and traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, squared in red chalk, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk, gray and red-chalk wash, and touches of brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines and guidelines in red chalk, laid down on off-white paper, laid down on a decorated mount, laid down on blue-green wove paper
17th centuryFrenchColored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face
16th-17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on off-white antique laid paper covered with blue wove paper, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryFrenchGraphite with gold paint and white gouache over red chalk on parchment, framing lines in gold paint and graphite, laid down on off-white card, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, gray and brown wash, and white gouache over graphite on tan antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryFrench