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
Graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchGraphite on thin white wove paper.
18th-19th 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 and brown chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash and white gouache over graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchPen and dark brown ink over graphite on cream modern laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of red chalk and traces of white chalk, squared in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, decorated with dark blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchGraphite, red chalk and touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over black crayon on cream antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper with folio 12a (possibly same paper as album sheets)
18th centuryFrench