1635
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 gray wash on beige antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and blue wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on parchment, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, transparent watercolor, and gray wash over graphite on antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk on beige antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and partial framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper; double framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and black chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on light tan antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and graphite (?) on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite (?)
17th centuryDutch