1739
The sun in the form of the laureate head of Apollo shines over a grove of palms, and three laurel trees.
diameter: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.)
Cyril Humphris, London, Sotheby's, New York, 1995. Sale, , January 10, 1995, lot 64. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from Sotheby's, New York, 1995, sold to HUAM, 2000. (On long-term loan to HUAM, 1995-2000)
Black ink and brown wash over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partially incised; verso: rubbed with red chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and black chalk, with traces of red chalk, on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: darkened
17th-18th centuryFrenchGraphite and gray-brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchColored chalks on buff antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrench