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
Watercolor on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and yellow wash, adhered to blue wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchColored chalks on lightly discolored blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream card, framing lines in brown and black ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed, black, and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on four sheets of cream antique laid paper, with blue wove paper strips adhered to face
17th-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 centuryFrenchBrown wash and graphite on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown wash and black chalk, with traces of red chalk, on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown and gray ink and brown and gray wash with black ink and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, mounted
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrench