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
Graphite, brown ink, and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on light-tan antique laid paper, joined and pieced with the artist's corrections on seven additional irregular pieces of the same paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a Mariette mount
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk, graphite, watercolor and gouache on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor, gouache and black ink, on colored (?) antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and red chalk
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with pastel on cream wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and white gouache on lightly faded blue antique laid paper, laid down on off-white wove paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk and traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, partially incised, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed ink tracing on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench