c. 1670-1700
10 x 8.5 cm (3 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.) primary mount: 10.4 x 8.9 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.) secondary mount: 17.2 x 15.5 cm (6 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Probably Hendrik Busserus, Amsterdam, his sale, Amsterdam (Van der Schley…Maarszen), 21 October 1782, kb 6, lot 315. Perhaps Samuel Woodburn, London. Edward Vernon Utterson, London (L. 909, lower right). George W. Northrop, Boston. Boston art trade, ca. 1965 to Maida and George Abrams, Boston.
Opaque watercolor and graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper
17th centuryDutchWatercolor on cream antique laid paper, the figure trimmed at all edges and mounted on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, black chalk, blue-green transparent watercolor and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk and white opaque watercolor on blue paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and partial framing line in graphite, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk, white opaque watercolor, and scratchwork on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk with incidental offset of red chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, black ink, and gray wash, with a framing line in black ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and metalpoint (?) on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, autograph framing line in graphite
17th-18th centuryDutch