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 ink, gray wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment; verso: graphite(?)
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor, and graphite on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink, mounted overall on wove paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, black chalk, blue-green transparent watercolor and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGray ink and gray wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper possibly prepared with light brown wash, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and red-brown wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: black ink and gray wash
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, charcoal, and brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink
17th centuryDutch