17th century
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 and blue-gray wash, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray and brown wash, graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk [possibly a counterproof?] on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, transparent watercolor, and gray wash over graphite on antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack, red and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk , graphite, and gray wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray ink, watercolor, and graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch