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 transparent watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite; verso: graphite on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown wash and ink on antique laid paper, framing line in gold; mount: graphite, brown wash, and gold
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchRed and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, silhouetted and mounted to off-white antique laid paper prepared with green wash; framing lines in black chalk and graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink, pinhole in the center, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk and yellowish-white pastel on blue paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and gray wash mixed with white opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and small touch of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutch