c. 1760-1780
50.7 x 38.8 cm (19 15/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
[Sotheby's, London, July 3, 1996, lot 152] sold; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 115, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010
Brown chalk on cream laid paper
18th-19th 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 centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash with touches of white gouache and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, darkened
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk over traces of graphite, with guidelines in 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 (counterproof) on cream antique paper, adhered to blue cream antique laid paper strips
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18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper attached to a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, gray wash, and graphite on paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench