16th century
24.1 × 18.5 cm (9 1/2 × 7 5/16 in.)
John Skippe, Ledbury, England, through inheritance to Penelope Martin, 1812. (John Skippe's sister) James and Penelope Skippe-Martin, Overbury Court, Worcs, England, through inheritance from John Skippe, 1812, by descent through the Martin family. (inherited byJohn Skippe's sister, Penelope Skippe-Martin) Edward (d. 1916) Holland, acquired by descent through the Martin family, inherited by Edward Holland's sister. Holland's sister was Mrs. Julia Rayner-Wood Mrs. Julia Rayner-Wood, Herefordshire, England, by descent from brother, Edward Holland, 1916, by descent to nephew, Edward Holland-Martin. [Old Collwall, near malvern] Edward Holland-Martin, by descent from aunt, Mrs Julia Raynor-Wood, sold at Christie's, London, 1958. Sale date: November 20-21, 1958 Christie's, London, England, from Edward Holland-Martin, sold at auction, 1958. Sale, November 20-21, 1958, lot 5 (A). Thomas Palmer. Sotheby's, London, England, sold to Vermeer Associates Limited, 1996. Sale, April 18, 1996, lot 12, repr. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, Canada, acquired from Sotheby's, London, 1996, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998. Sale, April18, 1996.
Metalpoint on blue-gray prepared antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash with local additions of yellow-brown wash on white antique laid paper, discolored to dark tan
16th-17th centuryItalianBlack and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBlack and white chalk, squared in black chalk, on blue antique-laid paper; verso: black chalk with traces of white chalk
16th centuryItalianBrown, blue, pink, and yellow washes over red chalk, squared in black chalk on tan antique laid paper, backed with cloth, itself laid down
16th-17th centuryItalianRed chalk, with one black chalk line across top, on cream antique laid cream paper with remnants of gray mount on verso
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper inlaid into off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink, incised, off-white antique laid album page incised
16th centuryItalianBrown ink over black chalk on tan antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink on white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianOil on varnished brown antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalian