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 and traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised, framing line in brown ink, attached to mount with two brown ink framing lines
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper; figures at lower left and wash in sky at upper left are later additions
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchWatercolor and brown, gray, and black ink on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and black chalk, partially incised, on white antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, white opaque watercolor, some brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and gray wash over black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, lined and drum mounted
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchparchment
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor, heightened with gold, on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk, squared in graphite, on faded blue antique laid paper; verso: black and white chalk counterproof with touches of ochre, with squaring transferred from recto
17th centuryDutch