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
Graphite on cream laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper decorated with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack ink on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray and brown wash with traces of white gouache over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper, irregular
18th centuryFrenchGray ink and brown wash over graphite on cream modern laid paper, laid down to faded blue antique laid paper.
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite, red chalk and touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue laid paper strips adhered to face
18th centuryFrench