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.
Graphite and black chalk on beige antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk , graphite, and gray wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk on beige antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and partial framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and white opaque watercolor on blue antique laid paper, laid down on a laid mount
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and gray wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk; two overlapping rectangles in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on white antique laid paper, remains of a framing line in brown ink, mounted on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchRed chalk with touches of white chalk, squared in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutch