1638
This sheet forms part of a seventeenth-century Dutch album, in its original binding, which contains 41 small, full-page drawings on parchment by more than 27 different artists.
15.2 × 11 cm (6 × 4 5/16 in.)
Possibly Pieter Spiering, Delft and The Hague. Private collection, United Kingdom, sold [private sale, via Sotheby's, London]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1987 (Lugt 3306, without their mark), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 1999
Brown ink on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash with touches of graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown and gray wash, graphite and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, incised; verso: gray wash and trial strokes in black ink
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in red chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray-brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque watercolor and brown ink with touches of transparent watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, mounted, triple framing line in black, gold, and brown
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on grey-blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and later brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, transparent watercolor, and gray wash over graphite on antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk on beige antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and partial framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and transparent watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down on an inlay mount, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutch