c. 1642
plate: 9.5 x 6.2 cm (3 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.) black mat: 27.7 x 22.6 cm (10 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Clement de Jonghe, 1656. Pieter de Haan, Amsterdam, 1767, sold; [possibly through Pieter de Fouqet] to Claude-Henri Watelet, Paris, 1767 sold; to Pierre-François Basan, 1786, bequest; to Henry-Louis Basan, 1797, sold; to Auguste Jean, c. 1805-1810, bequest; to his wife, Adèle-Joséphine Raulin, sold; to Auguste Bernard, Paris, 1846, bequest; to his son Michel Bernard, Paris, 1906, sold; to Alvin-Beaumont, 1906, sold; to Robert Lee Humber, Paris and North Carolina, 1938, on loan; to the Raleigh Art Museum, North Carolina, 1960s -1993, bequest; to the heirs of Robert Lee Humber, 1970, sold; to [Artemis International Ltd., London and Robert M. Light & Co., 1993], gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994.
Carved wood
19th centuryJapaneseKoban (small-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement; with ink
19th-20th centuryJapaneseChūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement
19th-20th centuryJapaneseWooden-handled metal cutting tool with metal-wrapped tip
JapaneseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseOil paint, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
19th century