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
Watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchTwo tones of red chalk heightened with white chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchBrownish red and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGouache on off-white antique-laid paper
18th centuryFrenchgraphite and brown wash on cream modern laid paper, laid down to blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on white antique laid paper, border ruled in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGouache on off-white laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a cream card, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, watercolor, and white gouache over graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper prepared with white gouache, adhered to canvas
17th-18th centuryFrench, Lorrainese