1746-47
21.4 × 30.5 cm (8 7/16 × 12 in.)
Possibly Claude-Henri Watelet, Paris, possibly sold [through his sale, Paillet-Hayot de Longpré, Paris, June 12, 1786, part of lot 167]. Charles-Robert Boutin de La Coulommière, Paris and Berchères-sur-Vesgre (1722-AnIV). Private Collection, Paris. Sold [New York, January 21, 2003, lot 91]. [Galerie Éric Coatalem, Paris, circa 2003]. Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, 2003, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018
Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in gray and brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite, with traces of white gouache, on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and brown wash over black chalk on toned cream antique laid paper, laid down on laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and charcoal, extensively stumped, with touches of red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper with folio 6b
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white modern laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper adhered to gray antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper; verso: watercolor and black ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench