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."
Transparent watercolor, brown ink, and pink and white opaque watercolor on gray prepared paper; verso: brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown 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 centuryNetherlandishBlack ink on off-white antique laid paper, incised, black ink framing line, blackened on the verso for transfer to copper plate
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink on parchment
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack chalk, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on blue antique laid paper
16th-17th 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 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 and gray, yellow and rose wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted on an album leaf; verso: outlines of recto are traced through in black chalk, incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and blue wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink, blue wash, and red chalk
16th 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 centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor over touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down
16th-17th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, original partial framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandish