1637
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
Black chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, transparent watercolor, and gray wash over graphite on antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink at left and right
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack ink, black chalk, blue-green transparent watercolor and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down at corners to cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on card and attached to mount
17th centuryDutchRed chalk counterproof with touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutch