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 wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, red chalk, and random marks in black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray and brown wash, touches of graphite, and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink, brown wash, and graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and partial framing line in graphite, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and black chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over black chalk, some gum (?) varnish, on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment; verso: graphite(?)
17th centuryDutchRed chalk, incised, on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch