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
Watercolor with touches of graphite on cream paper, framing lines in black and brown ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack crayon and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, mounted on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, framing lines in black ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and red chalk wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink; verso: red chalk
18th centuryFrench