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10.5 × 13.7 cm (4 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Van den Brande collection, Middelburg by descent; to E. C. Baron van Pallandt [1], sold [through his sale, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, September 26, 1972, lot 1972]. [Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, MA, 1973, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2025 Notes [1] It is not clear whether Pieter van den Brande (167?-1718) and/or his son, Johan Pieter van den Brande I (1707-1758) formed the collection that descended to Baron van Pallandt (sale 1972). See Charles Dumas and Robert-Jan te Rijdt, "Kleur en Raffinement: Tekeningen uit de unicorno collective," Zwolle, 1994, pp. 90-91.
Brown ink on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, red chalk and traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink and partial framing line in red chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk and graphite on blue antique laid paper; verso: brown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over graphite
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, colored washes on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchRed chalk, with touches of black chalk, partially incised in contour at left side of face and in curls, on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, charcoal, gray wash, and some white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink at bottom
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white gouache over graphite or black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor with brown ink over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, mounted to blue paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with gray wash
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and blue wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and partial framing line at right and bottom edge in red crayon
17th centuryDutch