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.
Brown ink on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, transparent watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted at four corners to beige antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and shell gold
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, gray wash, and later brown wash, incised, on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown and black ink and black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown wash and graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, brown and gray wash, green transparent watercolor, white opaque watercolor, and touches of gum arabic on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk counterproof, reworked in red chalk, graphite and black chalk (?) on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch