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 on off-white antique laid paper; framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk and black wash on blue antique laid paper, with a framing line in black ink over black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on light tan Asian paper; verso: stray mark in purple pencil
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, green transparent watercolor, and touches of white chalk on the sheet of an account book, framing line in black ink and partial framing line in brown ink at bottom
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in black ink over brown ink, a pinhole in the center, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and black chalk, with a framing line in brown ink, on off-white paper, laid down
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on beige antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and partial framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lilne in black ink, mounted overall to wove paper
17th centuryDutchGouache and watercolor
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper; patch: greenish gray wash, black chalk, brown ink, and a combination of darker brown ink and opaque watercolor to conceal join
17th centuryDutch