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.
Black and brown ink with traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised, framing lines in black chalk, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalks, and gouache on antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchTwo tones of red chalk heightened with white chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk, and touches of white gouache on toned cream antique laid paper laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash with traces of white chalk on toned cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink, laid down on light tan antique laid paper
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18th centuryFrench