DrawingsDutch17th century

Checkerboard Bonnet Shell (Phalium Areola)

c. 1620-40

Artists

Balthasar van der AstArtist

Bartholomeus Abrahamsz. AssteynPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown wash and transparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

12 x 19.6 cm (4 3/4 x 7 11/16 in.) mount: 23 x 31.8 cm (9 1/16 x 12 1/2 in.)

Provenance

[Christie's, Amsterdam, 25 November 1992, part of lot 626], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013

Related Artworks

Drawings

Portrait of a Man

Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen, c. 1656

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Men in Middle Eastern Costume

Arent de Gelder, c. 1661-1662

Brown ink, white opaque watercolor, some brown wash on cream antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Supper at Emmaus

Leendert van der Cooghen, 1658[?]

Black and white chalk on grey-blue antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Man with a Cloak and a Polish Hat

Cornelis Visscher, 17th century

Black chalk and black chalk steeped in oil on off-white antique laid paper; some incised lines at lower left

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

An Old Bearded Man Kneeling in Prayer before a Bed, Approached by a Younger Man

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, c. 1650

Brown ink on tan antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Boy on a Donkey with Standing Man

Unidentified Artist, 17th century

Red chalk on light tan antique laid paper, mounted overall to a pink mount

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Landscape with a Watermill; verso: Monastery (?)

Jan van de Velde II, 17th century

Brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: graphite

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Adoration of the Shepherds

Andries Both, 17th century

Brown ink, brown wash and white gouache over graphite or black chalk on cream antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Christ before Caiaphus

Master of the Mocking of Christ, 17th century

Brown ink on dark cream antique laid paper, mounted down entirely

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Seated Man with Large Hat

Cornelis Dusart, 17th century

Black, red, blue, brown, and white chalk on cream antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Scene at a Well

Unidentified Artist, 17th century

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in brown ink and graphite

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

A Village Street in Primolano

Paulus van Vianen, 1607

Brown ink and gray-brown and blue wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

16th-17th centuryDutch