1634-1641
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 on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in red chalk and framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and white opaque watercolor on blue paper, framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite on paper mounted on parchment page
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink at left and right
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and blue-gray wash, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on dark cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black ink; verso: graphite and brown wash
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on an English (?) mount
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray ink, watercolor, and graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch