18th century
51 x 38.1 cm (20 1/16 x 15 in.)
[Christie's, London, November 29, 1977, lot 193 (as Jean Marie Vien)] sold; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 103, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010
Gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalks, and gouache on antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite and brown wash with touches of white chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite, with traces of white gouache, on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchGraphite, stumped, on tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench