18th century
27.2 × 19.4 cm (10 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Possibly Count Bernardino Algarotti-Corniari, Venice. Possibly Edward Cheney, Shropshire, by descent; to Alfred Capel-Cure, Essex, sold [through Sotheby's, London, April 29, 1885, part of lot 1024]. Possibly [B.T. Batsford, London], sold [through Christie's, London, July 14, 1914, part of lot 49]; to [E. Parsons and Sons, London]. [Steinlitz, Paris], sold; to [Hill-Stone, New York, 2002], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 2011, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021
Red and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, scored with a stylus
18th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on cream (once blue?) antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianBrown ink over graphite (?) on cream antique laid paper, laid down
17th-18th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianBlack and white chalk on gray prepared paper
18th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
18th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianGraphite on pale blue-gray antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryItalianBrown ink on buff antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianBlack and red chalk on tan antique laid paper
18th centuryItalianRed chalk on tan antique laid paper
18th centuryItalian