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 over counterproof (?) on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, brown wash, white gouache, and traces of red chalk on blue antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchGray ink, gray and brown wash on white laid paper, laid down to blue antique paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed ink tracing on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th 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 centuryFrenchColored chalk on tan paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove paper, framing lines in graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash and red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th-19th centuryFrench