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, brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white 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 centuryFrenchGraphite and brown wash with touches of white chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink with graphite and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised, framing lines in red chalk, 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 centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and white gouache on lightly faded blue antique laid paper, laid down on off-white wove paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchRed crayon on antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with blue wove paper borders adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on beige antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGray ink and brown wash over graphite on white laid paper, laid down to the blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench