17th century
actual: 15.2 x 10.9 cm (6 x 4 5/16 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.190
Black ink over graphite, colored washes, on off-white antique laid paper
ItalianBlack ink on buff wove tracing paper
19th centuryAmericanCrayon on paper
20th centuryAmericanGraphite on off-white wove paper
20th centuryAmericanBlack crayon on paper
20th centuryGermanBlack ink and white gouache over graphite on brown paper
19th centuryGermanAlbum of cream wove paper containing twelve drawings in brown and black ink with brown wash on cream wove paper (adhered to album leaves) for illustrations to the Fables of Jean-Pierre-Claris Florian. There are framing lines around each drawing in black and red ink. The album was bound by Chambolle-Duru in red leather with gilt decorations on the exterior, blue leather with gilt decorations on the interior, and marbled endpapers.
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash, some traces of black chalk, on cream antique-laid paper, laid down
17th centuryItalianMixed media
20th centuryGermanCharcoal on beige wove paper
20th centuryGermanGraphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryBritishBlack and red marker on paper