17th century
28 x 18 cm (11 x 7 1/16 in.)
Jan Pietersz. Zoomer, Amsterdam. Sold [through unidentified auction house, Amsterdam, April 5, 1725, lot 56]. Jan Goeree, Amsterdam. Sold [through unidentified auction house, Amsterdam, March 12, 1731, lot T]. Jacob Heinrich von Hefner Altneck, Munich (Lugt 1254). Sold [through Galerie Helbing, Munich, June 9, 1904, lot 130].[1] Sold [through Sotheby's, London, February 15, 1921, part of lot 23]. Comte de Robiano. Sold [through Frederik Muller Amsterdam, June 15, 1926, lot 373]. Carl Robert Rudolf, London (Lugt 2811b), sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1975, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2025 [1] According to Van Regteren Altena, the drawing was owned by Charles Fairfax Murray, London. However, we were unable to confirm this.
Black and red chalk with gray wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper, mounted
17th centuryDutchCharcoal (oiled?), black chalk, and white chalk on brown antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite or black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, transparent watercolor and graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown and black ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and gray wash over graphite on two sheets of antique laid paper, the secondary sheet extending 10 mm below the primary one at the bottom, partial framing line in graphite, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, touches of black chalk on two pieces of off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink reinforced in graphite
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and black chalk, with a framing line in brown ink, on off-white paper, laid down
17th centuryDutchGraphite on paper pasted down on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor, black ink and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink and partial black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, graphite, and later [?] blue opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall on heavy paper or card
17th centuryDutch