17th century
34.3 × 23.5 cm (13 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.) mount: 40 × 28.8 cm (15 3/4 × 11 5/16 in.)
Louis-Antoine (b. 1944) and Véronique Prat, Paris. [Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris, circa 1998]. Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018
Gray wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and gray wash with touches of white gouache and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, darkened
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, upper left and right corners made up
17th centuryFrenchColored chalks on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray and brown wash, white gouache, over black chalk, on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray and brown wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk and graphite
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with touches of red chalk on tan antique laid paper, adhered to blue wove paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink, two tones of gray wash, and traces of white gouache on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink; verso: black ink and gray wash
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink over graphite with touches of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in graphite, laid down on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and black chalk, partially incised, verso reddened for transfer
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryFrench