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.
11 x 15.2 cm (4 5/16 x 6 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
Graphite and gray wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchparchment
17th centuryDutchGray and brown wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, with framing lines in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray and brown wash, and red and blue transparent watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch