1635-1652
24.1 x 34.6 cm (9 1/2 x 13 5/8 in.) mount: 34.0 x 41.5 cm (13 7/16 x 16 3/8 in.)
[Sotheby's, London, 18 February 1991, lot 65], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.124.
Opaque watercolor and graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, red, blue, and yellow chalk wash with graphite on cream antique laid paper; remnants of a brown-ink framing line at upper, left, and lower edges; verso: brown ink and gray wash
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk and graphite with touches of white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk, and later touches of white chalk on light tan antique laid paper prepared with light tan wash, partial framing line in black chalk at upper edge
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray and brown wash, touches of graphite, and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink, brown wash, and graphite
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 centuryDutchBrown ink, with later additions of brown, gray, and black ink and wash and touches of white opaque white watercolor, on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack, yellow, and white chalk, gray wash and charcoal on light tan antique laid paper framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown wash, brown ink ink and later gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down onto Asian paper
17th centuryDutch