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
Red chalk, brown ink, brown wash, and watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink
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18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on paper
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18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench