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
Black and red chalk with traces of white chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink and black chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk counterproof on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper (possibly same paper as album sheets)
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash over black crayon on cream laid paper, mounted on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk on cream antique laid paper laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchRed, black, and white chalk on toned cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on off-white antique laid paper, mounted on pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk
17th-18th centuryFrench