1690
25.4 x 30 cm (10 x 11 13/16 in.)
Valerius Röver, Delft (Lugt 2984a-c), his estate inventory (Röver 1739). [1] Johan Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam (Lugt 2987). Sir Charles Francis Greville (Lugt 549), England. Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle (Lugt 2600), sold [through his sale, Christie's, London, May 20, 1896, lot 114]. Harry Quilter, sold [through his sale, Christie's, London, April 7 & 9, 1906, lot 62]; to [Colnaghi]. Alfred Beurdeley, Paris (Lugt 421), sold [through his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 8-10, 1920, lot 118]; to Catroux. [Drouot, Paris, commissaires-priseurs Lenormand & Dayen, May 27, 1987, lot 99]. [Bruno de Bayser, Paris], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1989, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023 Notes [1] In the Röver estate inventory in 1739, p. 65, Prt. 26, no. 38
Graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray-brown and blue wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in dark brown ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite and gray wash on white prepared parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor with touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, some contours incised, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and black chalk on beige antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: graphite
17th centuryDutch