17th century
15.3 x 20.8 cm (6 x 8 3/16 in.)
Charles Sackville Bale, London (his mark, L.640); his sale, London, Christie's, 9-14 June 1881, lot 2370, sold; to Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932, inv. no. 1932.175
Black and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchColored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face
16th-17th centuryFrenchRed chalk and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, gray and brown wash, and white gouache over graphite on tan antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, heightened and corrected with white gouache, over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink over red chalk and traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, squared in red chalk, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash with touches of white gouache and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, darkened
17th-18th centuryFrench