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, gray, brown, green, yellow, and violet transparent watercolor and yellow and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk and white opaque watercolor on blue paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on rough beige antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and transparent and opaque watercolor over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, black chalk, blue-green transparent watercolor and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper prepared with gray wash, partial framing lines in black chalk and graphite
17th centuryDutchGray wash, black ink and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
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 and blue-gray wash, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and transparent watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, mounted; partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and oxidized white opaque watercolor, on cream antique laid paper; verso: red chalk and oxidized white opaque watercolor over graphite, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutch