16th century
17 x 29.6 cm (6 11/16 x 11 11/16 in.) mount: 23 x 35.6 cm (9 1/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
[Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 6 June 1985, lot 15], sold; to [Thomas le Claire Kunsthandel, Hamburg], sold; [Christie's, Amsterdam, 15 November 1993, lot 34], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994.
Brown ink and wash on light tan antique laid paper, partial framing lines in graphite
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on light tan antique laid paper, with two compass lines, the lower of which reinforced with graphite, laid down on antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash on wood; verso: red chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink over touches of black chalk on off-white antique-laid paper, laid down
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, original partial framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink, reddish-brown wash, and partially oxidized white opaque watercolor on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink, laid down on mount
16th centuryNetherlandish