17th century
9.7 × 13.4 cm (3 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
[Hotel Drouot, Paris, commissaires-priseurs Audap, Solanet, Godeau-Velliet, June 28, 1995, lot 153 (as attributed to Nicolas Maes)], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston
Black chalk, graphite, and brown wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with gray wash
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and graphite
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and metalpoint (?) on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and black chalk steeped in oil on off-white antique laid paper; some incised lines at lower left
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, transparent watercolor and graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and gray wash mixed with white opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, red, blue, and yellow chalk wash with graphite on cream antique laid paper; remnants of a brown-ink framing line at upper, left, and lower edges; verso: brown ink and gray wash
17th centuryDutch