1650s-1660s
22.3 x 37 cm (8 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.)
[Christie's, London, December 12, 1978, lot 152], sold [via Richard Day, London]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (Lugt 3306)
Graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper; figures at lower left and wash in sky at upper left are later additions
17th centuryDutchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper, mounted
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk counterproof, reworked in red chalk, graphite and black chalk (?) on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, black chalk, graphite, and white opaque watercolor on blue antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and graphite (?) on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite (?)
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on toned Asian paper, mounted overall to a sheet of off-white antique laid paper, framing line in dark black ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk, squared in graphite, on faded blue antique laid paper; verso: black and white chalk counterproof with touches of ochre, with squaring transferred from recto
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchparchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash, with a framing line in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch