16th century
actual: 20.6 x 30 cm (8 1/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris (L. 2951 (as Pierre Crozat), sold [through his sale, P. Remy, Paris, January 18-28, 1770, no. 177]. Unidentified collector. Private collector, New York, sold [through P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London and New York]; to Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, Canada, 1994, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.
Brown ink and black wash on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink with traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink strengthened with black ink and white gouache on dark cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream antique laid card
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink with brown wash on cream antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on tan antique laid paper, traced over with a stylus and irregularly squared in black chalk
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and black and brown wash on tan antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk on blue antique laid paper turned to brown, framing lines in red ink
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, and red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
16th centuryItalianBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash, heightened with white gouache over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalian