18th century
verso of mount, graphite: faint figure drawing
24.3 × 37.8 cm (9 9/16 × 14 7/8 in.) mount: 38.9 × 53.9 cm (15 5/16 × 21 1/4 in.)
Private Collection, France, sold; to [Gallerie Terrades, Paris, 2007], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015.
Black chalk with touches of black ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchGray ink and brown wash over graphite on cream modern paper, laid down to faded blue 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 centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink, gray wash, over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBrown chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench?Red chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack, red, and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench