c. 1785
irregular: 45.2 x 29.1 cm (17 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach, Philadelphia; sale, New York, Sotheby's, 12 January 1994, lot 65, sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario (on long-term loan to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994-2000), sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000, inv. no. 2000.89
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on off-white laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash with watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, black chalk, and brown wash on tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down on off-white card, framing lines in black ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack, red and white chalk with touches of graphite on tan antique laid paper, laid down on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite, stumped, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, and watercolor over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th centuryFrench