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
parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash over black chalk on coarse gray antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over black chalk, some gum (?) varnish, on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in black ink over brown ink, a pinhole in the center, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, with later brown ink and a framing line in brown ink; verso: red and black chalk, incised, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper, partial framing line in brown ink, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, red chalk, gray and brown wash, and yellow transparent watercolor over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk, laid down in an inlay mount
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, colored washes on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchparchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and blue wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray and brown wash, graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch