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
Brown ink on three cut and rejoined sheets of cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk counterproof on cream antique laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper, framing line in black ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink, and brown wash over graphite, with touches of white gouache, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of red and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrush and pale and dark gray wash over black chalk on white laid paper. Verso: brush and brown and pale and dark gray wash over black chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, adhered to off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk counterproof on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench