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
red chalk (counterproof) on cream antique paper, adhered to blue cream antique laid paper strips
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink brown, ink, gray and brown wash on paper
18th centuryFrench?Red chalk with traces of graphite, and 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 centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk with touches of white chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on white paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink, and gray and brown wash over black chalk, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchWhite gouache over black gouache on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th centuryFrenchGray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown wash over graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with pastel on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench