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 and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and black-chalk sauce, heightened with white chalk, on cream wove paper, prepared with blue ground
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on beige laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and black and red wash over graphite on oiled wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash and red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper
18th centuryFrenchColored chalk on tan paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with blue wove paper borders adhered to face
18th centuryFrench