c. 1758
actual: 16.5 x 24.3 cm (6 1/2 x 9 9/16 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, black ink, brown wash and white gouache on off-white (?) antique laid (?) paper, framing lines in black ink and black chalk, laid down
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white wove paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, and watercolor over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on toned (?) cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBrown and gray wash over graphite on toned cream antique laid paper, laid down on a tan card, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchGouache on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash and red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchPen and black ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream wove paper, framing lines in black ink and graphite
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown and black ink, brown and gray wash, black and red chalk, and off-white oil paint on cream antique laid paper, incised for transfer, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper (remnant of a register of names), adhered to a decorated mount
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench