18th century
19.9 x 27.9 cm (7 13/16 x 11 in.)
Mrs. Alan L. Corey, New York and Glen Head, sold; [Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, December 7, 1974, lot 585, repr. (as attributed to François Boucher) sold; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 110, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010
Gouache on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash with traces of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, adhered to blue wove card
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed and brown chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk on cream antique laid paper laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a cream card, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with touches of black and white chalk, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench