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
green, brown, gray, and blue watercolor over graphite on white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in red ink, adhered to cream wove card border
18th-19th centuryFrenchGreen leather-covered sketchbook
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper, with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrownish red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk with traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray-brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper, partial framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream card
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor, black ink, brown wash and white gouache on off-white (?) antique laid (?) paper, framing lines in black ink and black chalk, laid down
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench