17th century
35.9 x 46 cm (14 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
Valerius Röver, Delft (L. 2984a-c, verso, lower left), his estate inventory Portfolio. 12, no. 22. Johan Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam (L. 2987, verso, lower left). Sold [through de Vries, Amsterdam, March 9, 1920, lot 501 (as after Steen)]; to S. Duits (?). Private collection ("Property of a lady") sold; through [Christie's, Amsterdam, November 12, 1990, lot 131]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024
Brown ink, brown wash and later [?] gray-blue wash over touches of graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on white antique laid paper, prepared with red chalk wash, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, red and black chalk and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper prepared with thin white ground, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, charcoal, gray wash, and some white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink at bottom
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, brown ink, and gray and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink and in black chalk
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown ink and red wash, over traces of black chalk, partially incised, on cream antique laid paper; traces of later restoration in white opaque watercolor; verso: black chalk and graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor with scratchwork on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment; verso: graphite(?)
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper; patch: greenish gray wash, black chalk, brown ink, and a combination of darker brown ink and opaque watercolor to conceal join
17th centuryDutchGray wash with black chalk and graphite, green and rose transparent watercolor, scraping and traces of white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, toned with brown wash, framing lines in graphite and gray wash
16th-17th centuryDutch