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
Pastel on paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper (possibly same paper as album sheets)
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and wash with touches of black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper; framing line in black ink, mounted overall
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash with watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on off-white antique laid paper, mounted on pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench