1744
actual: 38.8 x 27 cm (15 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Marcel Puech. collector's mark in black ink at lower left corner: MP (not in Lugt) Christie's, Monaco, sold at auction, 1993. Sale, July 2, 1993, lot 67. Vermeer Associates Limited, acquired at Christie's, Monaco, 1993, sold to HUAM, 2000. long-term loan to HUAM, 1993-2000
Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, adhered to a decorated mount, extended at top
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream wove paper, foxed, laid down. In some areas the acidic ink has eaten into the paper; pin holes at the four corners.
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor with touches of graphite on cream paper, framing lines in black and brown ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk and graphite on prepared blue paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over black chalk and graphite, with touches of white gouache on cream antique laid paper toned with brown wash, with framing lines in black chalk and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGray ink and brown wash over graphite on cream modern paper, laid down to faded blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso covered with red chalk
18th centuryFrench?Black ink and gray wash over black chalk on white laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench