18th century
33.3 x 24.5 cm (13 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
[Galerie Cailleux, Paris] 1983. [Christie's, New York, January 28, 1999, lot 138 (as Deshays)], sold; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 131, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010
Red 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 centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite on white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink on antique (?) laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink and brown wash
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and brown and gray wash over graphite on cream laid paper laid down on tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray-brown wash over traces of graphite and white gouache on cream laid paper, framing line in brownish black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to gray antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, black ink framing line on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench?