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
Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque watercolor and brown ink with touches of transparent watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, mounted, triple framing line in black, gold, and brown
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, graphite, and brown and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in ink or black chalk
17th centuryDutchGraphite and red chalk on vellum
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, touches of black chalk on two pieces of off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink reinforced in graphite
17th-18th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and partial framing line in graphite, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor, black ink and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink and partial black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper, partial framing line in brown ink, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk and white opaque watercolor on coarse light tan antique laid paper, laid down; verso of mount: red chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown wash, brown ink, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutch