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
Watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk, black ink, gray wash, and touches of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk, stumped, on brown antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed, black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk counterproof on cream antique laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper, framing line in black ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache over graphite on off-white laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, white gouache and black and white chalk with some stumping, on light brown antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on blue wove paper
18th centuryFrenchRed, black, and white chalk on toned cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrench