c. 1646
33.5 x 18 cm (13 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.) with extensions: 31.3 x 18 cm (12 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Possibly Chevalier Louis-Jean-François Collet, Paris and Parma; possibly his sale, Paris, Lebrun, 14-23 May 1787, lot 128; possibly Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun, Paris; possibly his sale, Paris, Lebrun, 11-30 April 1791, part of lot 318; Jean Gigoux, Paris (without his mark, L. 1164); Henri Baderou, Rouen; Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, L.3863, lower right); R.M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara (by 1978); Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., New York; Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louis Haskell Daly Fund, 1984.593
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in red chalk
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, white gouache, and black chalk, prepared with brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on Japan paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink with brown wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray and brown wash with traces of black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk and graphite
16th-17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk, squared in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper, with blue laid paper strips adhered to face
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on heavy cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of white gouache on light tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, and watercolor with touches of graphite on parchment, partial framing line in black ink; verso: black ink and watercolor
17th centuryFrench