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, brown wash and gray wash mixed with white opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchRed, black and white chalk on cream antique laid paper, composite framing line in red chalk, brown ink, and gray ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, colored washes on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, brown and gray wash and watercolor, over black chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on buff antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchWatercolor and black ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, white opaque watercolor and touches of red and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink and partial framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper; framing line in dark brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk and charcoal on blue paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with brown wash, traces of a framing line in black chalk
17th-18th centuryDutch