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 gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchCharcoal and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper prepared with brown wash (?), framing line in charcoal; verso: red chalk squiggle
17th centuryDutchBrown wash and ink on antique laid paper, framing line in gold; mount: graphite, brown wash, and gold
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and transparent and opaque watercolor over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and gray wash, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor and brown ink on off-white antique laid paper, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchRed chalk, with touches of black chalk, partially incised in contour at left side of face and in curls, on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchRed chalk [moistened?] on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and blue wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and wash on off-white antique laid paper discolored to tan
17th centuryDutch