1637
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.
15.2 × 11 cm (6 × 4 5/16 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 red chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchWatercolor and brown ink on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, graphite, and later [?] blue opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall on heavy paper or card
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchWatercolor, gouache, and brown ink on cream paper, laid down
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in red chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutch