c. 1758
actual: 16.5 x 24.3 cm (6 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, by descent?; to his heirs. Georges Huot, his great-grandson, 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 Musuem, 1968
Brown ink over black chalk on off-white paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, stumped, with touches of white chalk on cream antique laid paper toned to light tan, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchGraphite
18th centuryFrenchGraphite and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, framing lines in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchWhite gouache over black gouache on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchGray and tan wash over graphite on greenish antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th-19th 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
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white wove paper, framing lines in black chalk and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount with blue paper strips adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash with touches of white gouache and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, darkened
17th-18th centuryFrench