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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 gray wash with watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed, black, and white chalk on toned cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchPen with black ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrench