c. 1646
23.1 x 13.5 cm (9 1/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Perhaps Alfred Boreel, Amsterdam [1], sold; [Muller, Amsterdam, 15 June 1908, lot 77 (as Rembrandt).] Paul Mathey, Paris, sold; [Hôtel Drouot (Delteil), Paris, 28 November 1924, lot 77, repr. (as attributed to Rembrandt).] [Richard Day, London], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1972 (L. 3306, verso, lower left); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2009.203 [1]. Although A. Boreel is listed as a consigner at Muller’s sale of 15 June 1908, he is not specified as the seller of our drawing. Sumowski confidently concluded that Boreel owned our drawing, but we prefer instead to qualify his ownership with, “perhaps.”
Black and white chalk on blue paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, gray wash, brown ink, and yellow-green wash on antique laid paper, framing line in brown 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 centuryDutchGray ink and gray wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper possibly prepared with light brown wash, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, with a partial framing line in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchWatercolor, gouache, and brown and gray ink on cream antique laid paper, mounted down entirely on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchRed chalk [moistened?] on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray and brown wash, and transparent watercolor, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, graphite, and later [?] blue opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall on heavy paper or card
17th centuryDutch