18th century
55.6 x 30.4 cm (21 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.)
Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, sold [through his posthmous sale, Paris, February 10, 1785]. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, Paris, by descent; to Girodet Family, 1824 until 1981. [Galerie Emmanuel Moatti, Paris]. Annamaria Edelstein, London, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, 1986, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.
Pen with black and brown ink, gray wash, watercolor, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, red chalk and red chalk wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink, laid down on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash with watercolor over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, adhered to cream card
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove card
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper (possibly same paper as album page)
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash with traces of white gouache on blue laid paper, with framing lines in brown ink, laid down on blue laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to 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 centuryFrench