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.
Watercolor with touches of graphite on cream paper, framing lines in black and brown ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchGray ink and brown wash over graphite on white laid paper, laid down to the blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk counterproof on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite with guidelines in graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown and white chalk on light brown antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of black ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: darkened
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and red chalk wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrench