17th century
10.8 x 10 cm (4 1/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
Possibly Queen Christina of Sweden. Prince Livio Odescalchi, Rome (?-1713), by descent; to Odescalchi Family (1713-1957), sold; [through Sotheby’s, Rome, November 20, 1957, lot 67]; [to H. M. Calmann, New York (1957-1960), sold]; to Marian Harris Phinney, Cambridge, MA (1960-1962), bequeathed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962. Note: The drawing was preserved in what Marcel Roethlisberger has called “The Animal Album” until the album was dismantled in 1957 after it was purchased at Sotheby’s by H. M. Calmann. Hence the listed provenance refers to the entire album until 1957, after which the drawing was sold separately.
Brown ink, brown wash, red chalk, and white gouache over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and graphite with traces of white chalk on light tan antique laid paper laid down on green card
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white card, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink and red chalk, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of white chalk on brown paper on tan antique laid paper; verso: black and red chalk
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, gray and brown wash, and white gouache over graphite on tan antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown and black ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink and graphite
17th centuryFrench