c. 1707
16.1 x 36.2 cm (6 5/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Possibly Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris, sold [through his sale, January 18-28, 1779, part of lot 396]. Unidentified collector, sold [through Hôtel des Ventes Mobilières, Paris, May 4-5, 1843, lot 115]. Possibly [Charles E. Slatkin Gallery, New York], sold; to Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, by 1960
Graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchColored chalks on faded blue antique laid paper, laid down on blue wove paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, black chalk, and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a decorative mount
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink with traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised, framing lines in black chalk, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchGray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchTwo tones of red chalk heightened with white chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
18th centuryFrenchBrown crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over black chalk on tan antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black and brown ink, laid down
18th centuryFrench