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
parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and later gray wash and later touches of graphite on cream antique laid paper, prepared with a brownish-gray wash [?], framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on antique laid blue paper discolored to greenish brown, mounted on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink at left and right
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink and gray wash over red chalk on cream antique laid paper, squared in red chalk, framing line in black ink and red chalk, mounted at all corners
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk and graphite, and touches of white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in gray ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper, mounted overall; framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite and gray wash, incised in places, on off-white antique-laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutch