c. 1545
29.5 x 21.7 cm (11 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Catherine de’ Medici, Queen of France, Paris; her granddaughter, Christine of Lorraine, Grand-Duchess of Tuscany, Florence, by descent; Medici Family, Florence, by descent; Ignazio Enrico Hugford, Florence; William Ponsonby or Frederick Ponsonby, second and third Earls of Bessborough, Bishopscourt, County Kildare, Ireland and Bessborough (now, Parkstead) House, London; E. M. Hodgkins, London and Paris; Charles Wickert, Paris; George Jay Gould, Manhattan and Furlough Lodge, Dry Brook, New York; Kingdon Gould, Manhattan and Furlough Lodge, Dry Brook, New York, by descent; Annunziata Camilla Lucci Gould, Manhattan and Furlough Lodge, Dry Brook, New York, by descent; John Castano, Boston and Duveen Brothers, New York; Frances L. Hofer, Boston, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.42
Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and black chalk on parchment, guidelines in black chalk
16th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with traces of white chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
16th centuryFrenchBrown ink, gray and brown wash, and white gouache over graphite on tan antique laid paper
16th-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 centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash on parchment
16th-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 centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down, framing lines in graphite
16th centuryFrenchPen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white gouache on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
16th-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 centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with touches of white chalk on discolored cream antique laid paper
16th centuryFrench