1774
30.7 x 25.3 cm (12 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Nicolas Joly at Galerie Yves Mikaeloff, Paris, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, 1994 (inv. no. D-F-311), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999
Verso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan 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 centuryFrenchBlack ink and red chalk wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over black chalk on cream laid paper, top edge trimmed, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink
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 cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and white gouache on buff wove paper, laid down to board(?). Surrounding paper frame obscures edges.
18th-19th centuryFrenchTracings, mostly in graphite, occasionally supplemented with gray wash, on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrench