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
Black and white chalk on grey-blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on light tan antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, with a partial framing line in graphite, on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on card and attached to mount
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, brown and gray wash, green transparent watercolor, white opaque watercolor, and touches of gum arabic on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, red chalk, and random marks in black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black and red chalk and gray wash
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper; figures at lower left and wash in sky at upper left are later additions
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, transparent watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted at four corners to beige antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchWatercolor, gouache, brown ink, mounted down entirely
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash on beige antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: black ink and gray wash on beige antique laid paper partially toned with brown wash, framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown and black ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over graphite, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink over brown ink
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