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
Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, discolored to brown
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchWatercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor, black chalk, gray wash, and brown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in gray or black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and wash over graphite on light tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch