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
Brown ink, brown and gray wash with traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, with cream antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with 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, squared in black chalk (recto and verso)
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue paper faded to tan
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove card
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso covered with red chalk
18th centuryFrench?Watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white 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 centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down
18th centuryFrench