17th century
25 x 37.3 cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Johann Gottfried Schumann, Dresden (L. 2344, with his mark). Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker, Dresden (L. 324, with his mark). Private Collector, Montreal; [Jon Nicolas Streep, New York, 1962], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1963; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.158. NOTE: Provenance information from George Abrams, by recall.
Charcoal and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper prepared with brown wash (?), framing line in charcoal; verso: red chalk squiggle
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and pale brown-gray wash, and touches of white opaque watercolor over traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on white antique laid paper, remains of a framing line in brown ink, mounted on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment autograph framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, discolored to brown
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink at lower edge
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and (later?) gray wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchparchment
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink and black chalk
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper, mounted overall; framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutch