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
Graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and brown wash, with a framing line in black ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and black chalk
17th centuryDutchGraphite and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black ink; verso: graphite and brown wash
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk and white opaque watercolor, partially incised, on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and black chalk
17th centuryDutchparchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink over graphite, with a framing line in black ink, on cream antique laid paper
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