Provenance
Sold by the artist to M. de Montenault, Paris, about 1751. J. J. de Bure, Paris, by 1828; sold, Paris, December 1-18, 1853, de Bure sale, lot 344, to Count Adolphe-Narcisse Thibaudeau (died 1856), Paris; sold to Felix Solar, Paris, 1856 [Portalis 1877]; sold, Paris, November 19-December 8, 1860, Solar sale, lot 627, to Baron Isidore Taylor (died 1879), Paris; probably sold to Morgand and Fatout, Paris, 1876; sold to Emile Pereire, Paris; sold to Louis Olry-Roederer, Reims; sold by the heirs of Louis Olry-Roederer to the Rosenbach Company, New York, 1923; sold to Raphael Esmerian, New York, about 1946. Sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, June 6, 1973, Esmerian sale, lot 46, to an unknown art dealer. Sold by Claus Virch to the Art Institute, 1976.
Accession Number
51113
Medium
Brush and black ink, with gray wash and black-and-white gouache, on blue laid paper
Dimensions
31.2 × 26 cm (12 5/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Joseph Regenstein
