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-gray ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk lines rubbed with black chalk throughout
16th centuryNetherlandishOpaque watercolor and shell gold over traces of black chalk on paper mounted overall to wood panel; framing lines in shell gold and dark red opaque watercolor
16th centuryNetherlandishOpaque and transparent watercolor over traces of black chalk on antique laid paper mounted overall to wood panel, traces of framing lines in shell gold and dark red opaque watercolor
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink on light tan antique laid paper; verso: two tones of brown ink
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 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, brown wash and white opaque watercolor over touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down
16th-17th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, gray and rose wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk and brown ink, mounted on an album leaf; verso: partially visible, outlines of recto are traced through in black chalk, incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk on antique laid paper, toned with red wash and white opaque watercolor
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brow nink; verso: black ink
16th centuryNetherlandish