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 chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on dark cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on antique laid paper, mounted at three corners
17th centuryDutchGraphite and metalpoint (?) on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink and gray wash over red chalk on cream antique laid paper, squared in red chalk, framing line in black ink and red chalk, mounted at all corners
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink over black chalk, squared in black chalk, on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryDutchWatercolor, gouache, brown ink, mounted down entirely
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink, mounted at three corners
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised, framing line in brown ink, attached to mount with two brown ink framing lines
16th-17th centuryDutchRed chalk on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch