18th century
26.5 x 17.3 cm (10 7/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Anatole France, Paris (according to inscription on mount); Sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 July 2000, lot 49; Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston; sold to Harvard Art Museum, 2008
Brown and gray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianBlack ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianBlack and white chalk on buff antique laid paper (recto and verso)
18th centuryItalianGraphite on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryItalianBrown ink on buff antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on white antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over graphite (?) on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianBrown ink on faded blue antique laid paper laid down overall to cream wove paper
18th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on white antique laid paper (turned cream-colored with age)
18th centuryItalianRed and white chalk on faded blue antique laid paper; verso: black and white chalk
17th-18th centuryItalianBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianRed chalk on blue antique laid paper
18th centuryItalian