The handling of red chalk recalls the style of Robert's drawings of the mid-1760s when he was in Italy. Drawings of comparable handling are at Valence and Stockholm, J. de Cayeux Les Hubert Robert de la Collection Veyreus au Musée de Valence, Valence, 1985, no. 76, illustrated and P. Bjurström, French Drawings of the 18th Century in the Swedish Collection, Stockholm, 1987, no. 1143, illustrated