c. 1600-1604
41.3 x 27.0 cm (15 13/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Johann August Gottlieb Weigel, Leipzig. [H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 30 May 1888 and following days, lot 1097 (as Elsheimer)]. Anton Brück, Frankfurt am Main, sold [Rudolf Bangel, Frankfurt am Main, 11 December 1893, lot. 187 (as Elsheimer)]. [Sotheby's, New York, 12 January 1994, lot 77, repr. (as circle of Elsheimer)]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (L. 3306, verso, lower right); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2008.257
Black and red chalk counterproof, reworked in red chalk, graphite and black chalk (?) on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on Asian paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, graphite, and later [?] blue opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall on heavy paper or card
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite or black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, mounted to antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchWatercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, with later additions of brown, gray, and black ink and wash and touches of white opaque white watercolor, on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in black chalk; verso: blackened with black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown, red, and green washes over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on white antique laid paper, remains of a framing line in brown ink, mounted on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch