18th century
Peasant women fill their water pots at the antique well under a tree at the left; in the middle distance is a lake dotted with sailing vessels; at the right mountains rise steeply from the lake's shores.
16.6 x 21.6 cm (6 9/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Pfaff. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892
Black 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 centuryFrenchGouache on off-white wove paper, lined with Japan paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and brown wash over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partially incised; verso: rubbed with red chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on parchment laid down to white laid paper.
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black and red chalk
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and white gouache over graphite and black chalk on brown wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchPastel on lavender wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown wash over graphite
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
18th centuryFrench