19th century
There is a more finished drawing of the same subject at the Art Institute of Chicago, Baigneuses dans la Montagne.
actual: 13.2 x 14.3 cm (5 3/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Rodolphe Bresdin. estate stamp (not in Lugt) Paul Bresdin. artist's son D. G. Santee Landweer, Amsterdam, 1930. Provenance uncertain J. Fred Bianchi, Amsterdam. Sale: Amsterdam, 23-27 November 1964, lot 848 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
Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchPastel and brown gouache on pale blue wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlue crayon on dark cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink with brown wash, on cream wove paper, framing lines in black and red ink
19th centuryFrenchBrown chalk on cream laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and black chalk on cream paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchGraphite and black chalk, squared for transfer, on tan laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, black ink, and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrench