18th century
36.3 x 20.4 cm (14 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Baron Roger Portalis (Lugt 2232), Paris. [Christie’s, New York, January 10, 1990, lot 147 (as Pierre)]. [Christie’s, New York, January 10, 1996, lot 238], sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 1999.
Watercolor on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink and gray wash, over red chalk, on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on off-white antique laid paper, mounted on pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with touches of black-ink wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk counterproof heightened with white chalk on toned tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with traces of white chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink and black chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and red-chalk wash on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in red chalk and brown ink, partially incised, laid down on cream antique laid paper, with blue laid paper strips adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchGreen leather-covered sketchbook
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash, and watercolor on cream antique laid paper, adhered to a decorative paper edge
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 centuryFrenchGraphite on cream laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench