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 wash over graphite on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, pale brown wash, and incidental marks in black chalk on cream antique laid paper, prepared with light rose-brown wash, mounted overall, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and brown and blue wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, mounted entirely on heavy paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on blue antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment, autograph framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown, gray and gray-blue wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on grey-blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch