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 chalk on cream antique laid paper, squared in black chalk (recto and verso)
17th-18th centuryFrenchPastel over traces of black chalk on blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache on blue paper, discolored to brown, laid down, framing lines in black ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack, red and white chalk with touches of graphite on tan antique laid paper, laid down on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown and gray ink and brown and gray wash with black ink and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, mounted
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and black chalk on pale green antique laid paper. Verso: Figural and architectura; sketches, graphite.
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack 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 centuryFrench