17th century
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.
11 x 15.2 cm (4 5/16 x 6 in.)
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
Brown ink, brown and gray wash, transparent watercolor and graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk, white opaque watercolor, and scratchwork on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on an English (?) mount
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchGraphite with touches of black chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown, red, and green washes over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, mounted entirely on heavy paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and red-brown wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: black ink and gray wash
17th centuryDutchBistre and blue wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch