18th century
55.2 x 40.5 cm (21 3/4 x 15 15/16 in.)
[Lucien Goldschmidt, New York (as French School, second half of 18th century)] sold 1980; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 130, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010
Brownish red chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink, and brown wash over graphite, with touches of white gouache, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
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 centuryFrenchGray wash over graphite on 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 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 and white gouache on buff wove paper, laid down to board(?). Surrounding paper frame obscures edges.
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, partially incised, adhered to a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchGraphite, stumped, on tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite, brown ink, and brown wash with touches of white gouache on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black ink
18th centuryFrenchwatercolor, brown and gray wash over graphite on off-white modern laid paper, laid down to blue antique paper
18th centuryFrench