c. 1639-41
15.3 x 21.5 cm (6 x 8 7/16 in.)
[Amsler and Ruthardt, Berlin, 25-27 May 1908, lot 376, repr. pl. 2]. Dr. Gottfried Eissler, Vienna (L. 805b, verso, lower left). Anton Schmid, Vienna (L. 2330b, lower right). [Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1989 (L. 3306, without their mark); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2008.256.
Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk with touches of graphite on parchment
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17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and shell gold
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, charcoal, gray wash, and some white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink at bottom
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
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17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and brown wash on parchment, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk counterproof, possibly worked up in black chalk
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