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 chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
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17th centuryDutchRed chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, incised, two pieces joined
17th-18th centuryDutchCharcoal and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper prepared with brown wash (?), framing line in charcoal; verso: red chalk squiggle
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with gray wash
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk counterproof, possibly worked up in black chalk
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17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink over graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutch