c. 1635
10.9 x 11.5 cm (4 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Comte de Robiano, Brussels, sold; [Muller, Amsterdam, 15 - 16 June 1926, lot 418]; to [Muller (bought in).] Anton W.M. Mensing, Amsterdam, sold; [Muller, Amsterdam, 27-29 April 1937, lot 200 (as Govert Flinck)], to Frits Lugt, Maartensdijk. Carl Robert Rudolf, London (L. 2811b, without his mark), sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1975 (L. 3306, verso, lower center); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.163.
Black chalk on parchment
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17th centuryDutchBrown ink on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted on antique laid paper
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17th centuryDutchBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper, two framing lines in brown ink
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