18th century
The woman at the right is seated on the ground, holding her drapery about her, her right breast bare; slightly behind her at the left stands another female figure, turned left; carrying a spray of flowers in her left hand.
19.3 x 26.2 cm (7 5/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Von Quandt; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda Lull Randall, 1892, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1898, inv. no. 1898.50
Black ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on oiled antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite, brush and brown wash, and brown ink on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on white antique 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 centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite, with traces of white gouache, on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench