1765
30.5 x 18 cm (12 x 7 1/16 in.)
The artist’s estate; his estate sale, Paris, 17 April 1807, lot 22; Chevalier Richard de Lédans, Paris; his sale, 3 November 1816; Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris; his sale, 18 July 1831, part of lot 304, sold; to John Duff, bequest; to Duff family, by descent; sale, Christie’s, London, 15 December 1992, lot 182; Galerie Terrades, Paris, sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011, 2011.32
Graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and black and gray wash, probably over graphite, framing lines in black ink, on off-white antique laid paper (laid down)
18th-19th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on 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 centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk on cream antique laid paper laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
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 antique laid paper adhered to gray antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench