c. 1760-1780
50.7 x 38.8 cm (19 15/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
[Sotheby's, London, July 3, 1996, lot 152] sold; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 115, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010
Red chalk and traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, guidelines in graphite, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack crayon and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, mounted on pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor, black and red chalk, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black and brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchwatercolor, brown and gray wash over graphite on off-white modern laid paper, laid down to blue antique paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown chalk on cream laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white 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 centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrench