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 chalk, brown wash, green and rose transparent watercolor, and opaque white watercolor (now darkened) on off-white antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on beige antique laid paper with framing lines in black ink
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 centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper, framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper, mounted overall; framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryDutchWatercolor, gouache, brown ink, mounted down entirely
17th centuryDutchBrown and black ink, gray wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, mounted at four corners
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch