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.
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
Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, with framing lines in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor, black chalk, gray wash, and brown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGray wash, black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on parchment, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor, with application of gum, and opaque watercolor over traces of black chalk on cream antqiue laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown wash and transparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lilne in black ink, mounted overall to wove paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGray wash with black chalk and graphite, green and rose transparent watercolor, scraping and traces of white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, toned with brown wash, framing lines in graphite and gray wash
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown ink and transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutch