c. 1648-1655
15.3 x 19.7 cm (6 x 7 3/4 in.)
The "J. Ruijsdael" collector, by 1690. Théodore-Charles-Louis Hippert, Brussels (L. 1377, verso, lower center). Mr. and Mrs. C. Benedict, Berlin and Paris. Kurt Meissner, Zurich, sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1981 (L. 3306, verso, lower right); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2008.251.
Brown ink, brown and gray wash and graphite, framing line in brown ink, mounted down entirely on card
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray and brown wash, graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk along left and bottom margins and framing line in black ink along top and right margins; verso: red chalk [another hand?]
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper; patch: greenish gray wash, black chalk, brown ink, and a combination of darker brown ink and opaque watercolor to conceal join
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment, autograph framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchGouache, watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and black chalk, with a framing line in brown ink, on off-white paper, laid down
17th centuryDutchPrussian blue (blue-green) ink and blue-green wash on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, gray and brown and green and yellow transparent watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing line on three sides in gray ink
17th centuryDutch