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 and black ink and brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray ink on dark cream antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and white opaque watercolor on blue antique laid paper, laid down on a laid mount
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, pale brown wash, and incidental marks in black chalk on cream antique laid paper, prepared with light rose-brown wash, mounted overall, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray and brown wash over black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, incised, framing line in brown ink, mounted on a gilt and hand-colored mount of blue paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray ink, watercolor, and graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and colored wash on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack, yellow, and white chalk, gray wash and charcoal on light tan antique laid paper framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, gray wash, and later brown wash, incised, on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown and black ink and black chalk
17th centuryDutch