16th century
actual: 26.3 x 18.5 cm (10 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Private Collector; sold, [Christie's, Amsterdam, 11 November 1996, lot 6] sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to [Harvard University Art Museums, 1996, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004. NOTE: Christie's catalogue states: "Acquired by the father of the present owner before 1940."
Brown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk, incised, on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on a gold-bordered mount
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, gray wash and oxidized white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryNetherlandishOpaque and transparent watercolor heightened with gold and silver over graphite on cream paper, framing line in black ink, red opaque watercolor, and gold
16th centuryNetherlandish?Brown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor over touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down
16th-17th centuryNetherlandishTwo kinds of brown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, lined with Japanese paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, mounted on an album leaf; verso: outlines of recto are traced through in black chalk, incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, black chalk and incidental or accidental green wash on cream antique laid paper; framing line in graphite and brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, with some scattered traces of reddish-brown chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishGray and brown ink, white and pink opaque watercolor, on gray-blue prepared paper, partial framing line in gray ink
16th centuryNetherlandish