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
Black ink over graphite on discolored white paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with gray wash on tan antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor, white gouache, black ink, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, guidelines in graphite
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk, watercolor and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on to off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, and watercolor on cream antique laid paper, adhered to a decorative paper edge
18th 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 centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove paper, framing lines in graphite
18th centuryFrenchRed ink tracing on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over black crayon on cream antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper with folio 12a (possibly same paper as album sheets)
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench