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 chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, gray wash, and white gouache on discolored blue antique laid paper, laid down on Japan paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash with touches of white gouache and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, darkened
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: darkened
17th-18th centuryFrenchColored chalks with touches of pastel on tan antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper, laid down on gray wove paper
17th centuryFrenchPen with brown ink, brown wash, and traces of red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount in cream antique laid paper with blue laid paper strips adhered to face
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 centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and white gouache, over traces of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk, laid down on heavy tan antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, brown and gray wash, and touches of brown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in graphite, black chalk, brown ink, and brown wash, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray and brown wash with traces of black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk and graphite
17th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrench