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.
Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, and watercolor over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on tan tracing paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray and brown wash, with touches of watercolor over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream card
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash, incised, on blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper (possibly same paper as album page)
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink and gray wash, over red chalk, on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrench