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 brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor with scratchwork on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink [?] on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, gray wash, and black ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on white antique laid paper, remains of a framing line in brown ink, mounted on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchWatercolor, gouache, brown ink, mounted down entirely
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and black chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on off white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, black chalk, graphite, and white opaque watercolor on blue antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and touches of white opaque watercolor on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch