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
Oil, with pricked outlines, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment, framing line in black chalk, mounted down entirely.
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in places with gold border, mounted
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in red chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in gray or black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown and black ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on brown prepared paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper, partial framing line in brown ink, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink at lower edge
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and transparent watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, mounted; partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutch