17th century
34.3 × 23.5 cm (13 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.) mount: 40 × 28.8 cm (15 3/4 × 11 5/16 in.)
Louis-Antoine (b. 1944) and Véronique Prat, Paris. [Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris, circa 1998]. Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018
Red and white chalk on tan antique laid paper laid down on tan card
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk underdrawing, pen, brown ink, white gouache, and brown wash on toned cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchPen with brown ink, black chalk, gray wash, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper prepared with gray wash, framing lines in black ink, made up on all four sides to regular dimensions, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink, two tones of gray wash, and traces of white gouache on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink; verso: black ink and gray wash
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, graphite, brown wash, and watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, adhered to a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchTwo colors of red chalk on two pieces of cream antique paper, laid down on Japan paper, framing lines in red chalk
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray and brown wash with traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk and graphite
17th centuryFrenchBrown and gray ink, brown and gray wash, and white gouache on blue antique laid paper, with framing lines in brown ink; verso: black and white chalk
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash on vellum
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk with touches of graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, brown and gray wash, and touches of brown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in graphite, black chalk, brown ink, and brown wash, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrench