18th century
43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1/4 x 12 in.)
Sale, New York, Sotheby's, January 13, 1988, lot 239 (as Jean-Robert Ango), sold; to Jean Montague Massengale; her sale, London, Sotheby's, July 4, 2007, lot 101 (as attributed to Jean-Robert Ango); John Massengale, by descent, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010, inv. no. 2010.615
Black chalk on off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and charcoal, extensively stumped, with touches of red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGray and black-ink wash and white opaque watercolor and traces of black chalk on blue laid paper, drum mounted to cream card
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, black chalk, and graphite with guidelines in graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache on blue paper, discolored to brown, laid down, framing lines in black ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with touches of white gouache, and guidelines in graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th centuryFrenchRed, black, and white chalk on light-tan antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrench