18th century
53.5 x 41.5 cm (21 1/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
Duvivier Family [bears numbering associated with them]. [sale, Drouot, Paris, October 29, 1987, lot 102]. [Christie's, New York, January 30, 1997, lot 192]. Jean Montague Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 9, 2008, lot 181, repr. (bought in)], gift; to Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, inv. no. 2010.628
Pastel
18th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with tan antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown ink wash, and red chalk wash over red chalk on antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash over black crayon on cream laid paper, mounted on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrench