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
Black chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGreen leather-covered sketchbook
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash, incised, on blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite, with traces of white gouache, on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, adhered to a decorated mount, extended at top
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream laid paper, framing lines in graphite
18th centuryFrench