18th century
55.6 x 30.4 cm (21 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.)
Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, sold [through his posthmous sale, Paris, February 10, 1785]. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, Paris, by descent; to Girodet Family, 1824 until 1981. [Galerie Emmanuel Moatti, Paris]. Annamaria Edelstein, London, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, 1986, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk, stumped, on cream antique laid paper, laid down on card
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed, black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white wove paper, framing lines in black chalk and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: darkened
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and red chalk wash with touches of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down on tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrench