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 ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, touches of white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on blue card, framing lines in black chalk, lower right corner made up
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream card
18th centuryFrenchGray ink, gray and brown wash on white laid paper, laid down to blue antique paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and black and red wash over graphite on oiled wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack 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 centuryFrenchRed ink tracing on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGouache on parchment
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on faded blue antique laid paper, laid down on heavy off-white laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, mounted on pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench