c. 1787-1790
38 × 30.8 cm (14 15/16 × 12 1/8 in.) mount: 48.4 × 40.7 cm (19 1/16 × 16 in.)
The artist’s estate, by descent; to Adélaïde-Marie Moitte (née Castellas), Paris, sold [through her estate sale, Commissaire-Priseur Thierry, Paris, August 20-21, 1807, lot 26]. Possibly Henri Auguste, Paris, before 1816. Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, Paris. [Maison Odiot, Paris]. [Galerie Chantal Kiener, Paris], sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, 2005, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018
Graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th 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 centuryFrenchPastel on paper, wrapped around and adhered to canvas
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk over graphite on cream antique laid paper paper, squared in black chalk
18th centuryFrenchGraphite and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, framing lines in black ink
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 discolored blue antique laid paper adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
18th centuryFrenchGray ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper with folio 3a
18th centuryFrenchGraphite and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brownish red chalk, red chalk wash, brown wash and graphite
18th centuryFrenchColored chalks over black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th-19th centuryFrench