18th century
19.9 x 27.9 cm (7 13/16 x 11 in.)
Mrs. Alan L. Corey, New York and Glen Head, sold; [Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, December 7, 1974, lot 585, repr. (as attributed to François Boucher) sold; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 110, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010
Colored chalks on buff antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and brown chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream paper, laid down
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on discolored blue antique laid paper, squared in black chalk
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, black chalk, and brown wash on tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down on off-white card, framing lines in black ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrownish red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench