c. 1758
actual: 16.5 x 24.3 cm (6 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, by descent to heirs?; Georges Huot, great-grandson of the artist, sold; to George S. Hellman, New York, sold [through Kende Galleries, New York, April 10, 1952, lot 75]. Ira Spanierman. Martin Reymert and Gerald Norman, New York and London, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1968.
Verso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on toned cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper adhered to gray antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on blue wove paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with touches of white chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed crayon on antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, two tones of gray wash, and traces of white gouache on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink; verso: black ink and gray wash
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid card, framing lines in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench