17th century
12.9 x 21.2 cm (5 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (?-1830), sold; [through Samuel Woodburn, London, August 1835]; to William Esdaile, London (1835-1840), sold; [through Christies, London, June 30, 1840, lot 44]. Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, MA, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984. Notes: 1. Following Sir Thomas Lawrence’s death in 1830 several years went by before the collection passed to Samuel Woodburn in 1835 due to some complications with stipulations in the will. 2. When Agnes Mongan offered the drawing to the museum in 1984, she stated that she had owned the drawing for a long time, at least fifty years.
Black ink, brown wash, and watercolor with touches of graphite on parchment, partial framing line in black ink; verso: black ink and watercolor
17th centuryFrenchPen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white gouache on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, red chalk, and white gouache over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, black chalk, and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryFrenchTracings, mostly in graphite, occasionally supplemented with gray wash, on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchColored chalks on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face
17th centuryFrenchColored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face
16th-17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over traces of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with touches of red chalk on tan antique laid paper, adhered to blue wove paper
17th centuryFrenchGraphite, watercolor, and gray and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, with framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryFrenchBrush and gray wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryFrench