1650s
25.3 x 20.7 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
[Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 3 December 1984, lot 1259A], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (L. 3306, verso, lower right); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 2008.255.
Transparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor, gray ink and graphite on parchment, mounted ata four corners
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, black chalk, and white opaque watercolor on tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, mounted; framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash, with later additions of gray wash, on cream antique laid paper, laid down
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper; with later additions of gray wash and black chalk, and some scratchwork at the contour of wing at the upper left and the right column base at lower left
17th centuryDutchCharcoal and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper prepared with brown wash (?), framing line in charcoal; verso: red chalk squiggle
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on white antique laid paper, prepared with red chalk wash, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment, framing line in brown ink
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 centuryDutch