19th century
actual: 4.9 x 6 cm (1 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Rodolphe Bresdin. estate stamp (not in Lugt) Paul Bresdin. artist's son D. G. Santee Landweer, Amsterdam, 1930. D. Loenen, Amsterdam. Adolph Schwarz, Amsterdam-Amstelveen. Robert M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, CA. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from R.M. Light & Co., 1991, sold to HUAM, 1993. Long term loan to HUAM from June 1991 to 1993
Black chalk and charcoal with scratchwork on cream wove paper, darkened
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove card, the surface prepared with a hard, polished white ground; highlights scratched through the graphite with a sharp tool; background shading seems to have been stumped or stippled through a circular honeycomb mesh about 1 mm. in diameter
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGray wash and graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash and red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor, gouache, and gold paint over charcoal on beige wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink with brown wash, on cream wove paper, framing lines in black and red ink
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchChalk on paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchAlbum of cream wove paper containing twelve drawings in brown and black ink with brown wash on cream wove paper (adhered to album leaves) for illustrations to the Fables of Jean-Pierre-Claris Florian. There are framing lines around each drawing in black and red ink. The album was bound by Chambolle-Duru in red leather with gilt decorations on the exterior, blue leather with gilt decorations on the interior, and marbled endpapers.
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon over graphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite, squared in black crayon
19th centuryFrench