18th century
55.3 x 44.6 cm (21 3/4 x 17 9/16 in.)
D. R. Nott,[1] sold [through P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1951]. [1] Duncan Beresford-Jones, Esq. [Christie's, London, July 4, 2000, lot 128]. Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 111, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010 Notes [1]According to an entry in "Piazzetta: A Tercentenary Exhibition of Drawings, Prints, and Books," from the National Gallery, Washington D.C. (1983), D. R. Nott was a "runner" who supplied Colnaghi's with seven drawings in 1951 (p. 42) [2] Label on back of frame from Colnaghi
Mixed media
20th centuryGermanRed chalk on buff antique laid paper
17th centuryItalianWatercolor and stamp ink on paper
20th centuryGermanBrown ink and watercolor over graphite on white antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianBlack crayon on paper
20th centuryGermanColored marker on paper
Watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper
19th centuryAmericanBlack marker on graph paper
20th centuryAmericanGraphite on trace paper
20th centuryAmericanBlack marker on paper
20th centuryGermanGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryAmericanUnbound; twelve pages of off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrench