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.
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 chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and gray wash over black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, lined and drum mounted
17th centuryDutchBrown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a center line in black chalk
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite and brown wash, with a framing line in black ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, gray wash, and black ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchOpaque watercolor and brown ink with touches of transparent watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, mounted, triple framing line in black, gold, and brown
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk and white opaque watercolor, partially incised, on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash and graphite, framing line in brown ink, mounted down entirely on card
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, double framing line at bottom in black chalk
16th-17th centuryDutch