c. 1758
24.3 x 16.5 cm (9 9/16 x 6 1/2 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
Graphite, red chalk and touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue paper faded to tan
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and graphite on greenish wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and graphite on cream modern laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk, stumped, on cream antique laid paper, laid down on card
18th-19th centuryFrenchGray ink over graphite on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGray ink and brown wash over graphite on cream modern laid paper, laid down to faded blue antique laid paper.
18th centuryFrenchwatercolor, brown and gray wash over graphite on off-white modern laid paper, laid down to blue antique paper
18th centuryFrench