c. 1661-1664
21 x 13.9 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Prince Vladimir Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff, Paris (Lugt 2602d), sold; through his sale [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 1923, lot 54] to Tancred Borenius, London (d. 1948). [Possibly Dr. Anne Wertheimer, Paris]. Private Collection, Switzerland, sold; to [Claude Kuhn, Basel], sold; to [Thomas Le Claire, Hamburg] sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1987 (Lugt 3306); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019
Opaque and transparent watercolor on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, black chalk, blue-green transparent watercolor and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray and brown wash over black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, incised, framing line in brown ink, mounted on a gilt and hand-colored mount of blue paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and gray wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and transparent and opaque watercolor over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk and white opaque watercolor on blue paper, faded to light brown
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, touches of black chalk, and [later?] blue-gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and wash over graphite on light tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch