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."
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on parchment
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, white opaque watercolor, and black chalk or graphite on cream antique laid paper, toned with brown wash, with a framing line in brown ink, laid down on wove paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk, extensively incised, on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on blue antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black chalk at top, right and bottom left
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink with incidental red and black chalk on off white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandish