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
Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to wove card, framing lines in graphite
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and yellow wash, adhered to blue wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk over counterproof (?) on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrush and pale and dark gray wash over black chalk on white laid paper. Verso: brush and brown and pale and dark gray wash over black chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor over graphite on cream wove paper, framing line in graphite
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench