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
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16th centuryFrenchColored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face
16th-17th centuryFrenchColored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face
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16th-17th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with traces of white chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
16th centuryFrenchColored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face
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 centuryFrenchColored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face
16th-17th centuryFrench