18th century
24.2 x 17.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 in.)
Private collection, Virginia. [Sotheby's, New York, June 3, 1980, lot 61 (as François Boucher)] sold; to [Christie's, London, April 11, 1978, lot 137, pl. 43] sold; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 95, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010
Red chalk, watercolor and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on to off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount with blue paper strips adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBrown and white chalk on light brown antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink, gray wash, and watercolor with touches of white gouache over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray and brown wash with traces of white gouache over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper, irregular
18th centuryFrench