1826
17.5 x 20.9 cm (6 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
The artist's estate, by descent; to Caroline (Charlotte Louise Elisabeth) Rivière, by descent; to her heirs, 1864. Private collection, France, sold; to Joseph Baillio, New York, sold [through Sotheby's, New York, January 31, 2024]; to [Härb Nuti, London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2025
Watercolor, graphite, colored pencil and black ink on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove card, the surface prepared with a hard, polished white ground; highlights scratched through the graphite with a sharp tool; background shading seems to have been stumped or stippled through a circular honeycomb mesh about 1 mm. in diameter
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and colored pencil on off-white wove paper.
19th centuryFrenchCut black paper with some graphite, laid down on black and white lithograph printed on cream paper, shadowing applied with black wash
19th centuryFrenchRed chalk over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and white gouache over graphite, squared in graphite, on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on off-white laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchConté crayon and white opaque watercolor on beige laid paper
19th centuryFrench