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, red and white chalk on blue paper faded to brown
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk, with later additions of dark gray wash and white and yellow opaque watercolor, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink and gray wash over black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down at corners to cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk, watercolor, and opaque white watercolor with touches of black ink on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and transparent watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down on an inlay mount, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted overall on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and brown ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, double framing line at bottom in black chalk
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, mounted on brown paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutch