19th century
actual: 5.8 x 13.4 cm (2 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Rodolphe Bresdin. estate stamp (not in Lugt) Paul Bresdin. artist's son D. G. Santee Landweer, Amsterdam, 1930. Provenance uncertain Bernard Houthakker Gallery, Amsterdam, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.
Black, red and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with traces of charcoal with scraping on cream antique laid paper; graphite outline on palette and lower edge of coat lapels (later addition?)
19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, squared, on thin cream wove paper, badly foxed and discolored, with loss upper right corner. Numbered in graphite at lower left: 19; anatomical parts lettered. Profile study at right is traced through and strengthened on verso.
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on pale gray modern laid paper
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19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream wove paper, foxed, laid down. In some areas the acidic ink has eaten into the paper; pin holes at the four corners.
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream laid paper, squared for transfer
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrench