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, brown and gray wash, pink and green transparent watercolor and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk and graphite on blue antique laid paper; verso: brown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray and brown wash, graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk [possibly a counterproof?] on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor, black ink and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink and partial black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, mounted, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink over black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, mounted on antique laid paper; verso: traces of black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack ink and watercolor with gray wash and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; framing line in faint graphite
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk and charcoal on blue paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutch