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 on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash over traces of black crayon on off-white laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper with folio 6a
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink with gray-brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWhite gouache over black gouache on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink with touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and red chalk wash over graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk and graphite, incised; verso: reddened for transfer
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on faded blue antique laid paper, laid down on heavy off-white laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
18th centuryFrench