c. 1758
24.3 x 16.5 cm (9 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, by descent?; to his heirs. Georges Huot, his great-grandson, sold; to George S. Hellman, New York, sold [through Kende Galleries, New York, April 10, 1952, lot 75]. Ira Spanierman. Martin Reymert and Gerald Norman, New York and London, sold; to Fogg Art Musuem, 1968
Black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black chalk
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache on blue paper, discolored to brown, laid down, framing lines in black ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper (possibly same paper as album sheets)
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, brown wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrench