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
Brown ink and brown and gray wash on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk with incidental offset of red chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on toned Asian paper, mounted overall to a sheet of off-white antique laid paper, framing line in dark black ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment autograph framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor and brown ink on off-white antique laid paper, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchGray wash, black ink and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, mounted to antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack, gray, brown, green, yellow, and violet transparent watercolor and yellow and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchparchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink and gold wash; verso: graphite tracing of two figures from upper left recto
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch