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 and brown wash over black chalk on toned cream antique laid paper, laid down on laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, brown ink, and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
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18th-19th centuryFrenchPen and black ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream wove paper, framing lines in black ink and graphite
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk with traces of graphite, and guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and watercolor over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on off-white card
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite with guidelines in graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench