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
Transparent watercolor and brown ink on off-white antique laid paper, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk and red and green transparent watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque watercolor and graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and transparent watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down on an inlay mount, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down at corners to cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and black and red chalk on oatmeal (formerly blue) paper; verso: brown ink and black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray-brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor with scratchwork on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown and gray ink and brown wash, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch