DrawingsDutch17th century

Young Man in Feathered Cap

1637

Artists

Pieter Jansz. QuastArtist

Unidentified ArtistPrevious attribution

Description

This sheet forms part of a seventeenth-century Dutch album, in its original binding, which contains 41 small, full-page drawings on parchment by more than 27 different artists.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk, with touches of black chalk, partially incised in contour at left side of face and in curls, on parchment

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.2 × 11 cm (6 × 4 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Pieter Spiering, Delft and The Hague. Private collection, United Kingdom, sold [private sale, via Sotheby's, London]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1987 (Lugt 3306, without their mark), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 1999

Related Artworks

Drawings

The Family of Lot Leaving Sodom

Justus de Gelder, 17th century

Brown ink and gray-brown wash, framing lines (trimmed) in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Landscape with Ruined Bridge

Nicolaes Berchem the Elder, 17th century

Brown oil-based ink monotype, extensively burnished, on cream antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Six Winged Insects

Pieter Withoos, 17th century

Transparent and opaque watercolor on antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Man Swinging a Flail

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Brown ink and brown wash on blue antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Head of a Monster

Unidentified Artist, 17th century

Graphite on parchment

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Mythological Scene: The Golden Age: Aetas Aurea

Gérard de Lairesse, 17th-18th century

Red chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, incised, two pieces joined

17th-18th centuryDutch

Drawings

River Landscape with Cottage

Jan van Goyen, 1637

Black chalk on parchment, autograph framing line in black chalk

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Woman Milking a Cow

Nicolaes Berchem the Elder, c. 1658

Black chalk and gray wash, partly incised, on cream antique laid paper, mounted down entirely

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Study of a Bird (Mergus albellus, or "smew")

Pieter Holsteyn II, 17th century

Transparent watercolor, black ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

The School Room

Cornelis Bega, c. 1655-1664

Brown ink and brown and gray wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk or crayon trial strokes and incidental stray red chalk

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

River Landscape, Castle at Right

Jan van Call I, 17th century

Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and shell gold

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

The Interior of Saint Joseph's House at Nazareth

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, 17th century

Brown ink, brown wash, graphite, and later [?] blue opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall on heavy paper or card

17th centuryDutch