17th century
actual: 27.7 x 42.7 cm (10 7/8 x 16 13/16 in.)
Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, The Hague (L. 561, verso, lower left), sold (possibly); [C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 4 November 1931, lot 113]. Ernst Jurgen Otto, Celles, Germany (L. 873b, verso, lower left). [C. G. Boerner, Dusseldorf], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1964; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.148. NOTE: In the Boerner sale of November 1931, lots 105-116 are all Egbert van Heemskerk. No. 113 matches this drawing best in its description and exhibition history.
Transparent watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchparchment
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash and graphite on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and oiled brown chalk(?) on parchment
17th centuryDutchGraphite and gray wash, incised in places, on off-white antique-laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor, black ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, discolored to brown
17th centuryDutchRed chalk, incised, on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and gray wash on white prepared parchment
17th centuryDutch