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 antique laid paper, framing lines, incised; verso: rubbed with red-brown chalk
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on three cut and rejoined sheets of cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, touches of white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on blue card, framing lines in black chalk, lower right corner made up
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
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 centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and white gouache on buff wove paper, laid down to board(?). Surrounding paper frame obscures edges.
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache on cream antique laid paper, with framing line in black ink, laid down on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, brown wash, white gouache, and traces of red chalk on blue antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench