17th century
15.5 x 20 cm (6 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
[Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1965], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1965; The Maida and George Abrams Colleciton, 1999.153. NOTE: Abrams is not listed as the buyer for any of the lots. Many Holsteyn birds are in this sale, and none clearly matches ours. The numbers inscribed on the verso of each drawing match the numbers litsed in the catalogue, but our drawing does not match any of them.
Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk and white opaque watercolor on blue paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and gray washes on off-white antique laid paper, mounted, double framing line in brown ink and gray wash
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk, gray wash, brown ink, and yellow-green wash on antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, transparent watercolor and graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, mounted at four corners
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown and black ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over graphite, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink over brown ink
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and graphite at right, some ruled, and in black chalk at bottom
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutch