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.
Black chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor and brown ink over graphite, some glazing in green areas, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, gray wash, and white chalk on brown-gray antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on parchment, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor and brown ink over graphite on off-white cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink at lower edge
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchGraphite on paper pasted down on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
17th centuryDutchBistre and blue wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch