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
Brown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink; a paper inlay 10 mm wide around the edges on the verso
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and gray wash on white prepared parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lilne in black ink, mounted overall to wove paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on light tan antique laid paper, mounted overall to a pink mount
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryDutch