c. 1646
33.5 x 18 cm (13 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.) with extensions: 31.3 x 18 cm (12 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Possibly Chevalier Louis-Jean-François Collet, Paris and Parma; possibly his sale, Paris, Lebrun, 14-23 May 1787, lot 128; possibly Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun, Paris; possibly his sale, Paris, Lebrun, 11-30 April 1791, part of lot 318; Jean Gigoux, Paris (without his mark, L. 1164); Henri Baderou, Rouen; Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, L.3863, lower right); R.M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara (by 1978); Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., New York; Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louis Haskell Daly Fund, 1984.593
Graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchWatercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, extended on three sides on the upper left and right, framing lines in red chalk and brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over traces of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchPen with brown ink, black chalk, gray wash, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper prepared with gray wash, framing lines in black ink, made up on all four sides to regular dimensions, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchPen with black ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white card, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, gray wash, touches of brown ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown ink on cream antique laid paper, laid down on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryFrench