c. 1758
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 on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink and black chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash on cream laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a decorative mount
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache on blue paper, discolored to brown, laid down, framing lines in black ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, black chalk, and brown wash on tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down on off-white card, framing lines in black ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique-laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk over traces of black chalk, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on toned (?) cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and graphite on pale gray modern laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench