18th century
29.3 x 49.8 cm (11 9/16 x 19 5/8 in.)
Sale, Paris, Drouot, 23 November 1927, lot 65 (as Charles-Joseph Natoire); Jean Masson, Haute-Marne; Henri Baderou, Rouen; Dr. Fritz B. Talbot, Brookline, MA, gift (1); to Fogg Art Museum, 1953, inv. no. 1953.90 Note: (1) A handwritten letter dated 10 November 1953 from Baderou to Talbot in the curatorial file cites both the 1927 Drouot sale and the provenance from Masson.
Brown wash, watercolor and white gouache over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk, squared in red chalk, on toned cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and red chalk wash on toned cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk over graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench?Black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on modern paper
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and graphite on greenish wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchwatercolor, brown and gray wash over graphite on off-white modern laid paper, laid down to blue antique paper
18th centuryFrench