16th century
18.2 x 36.6 cm (7 3/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Jonathan Richardson Sr., London (Lugt 2184). Joshua Reynolds, London (Lugt 2364). Thomas Lawrence, London (Lugt 2445); to his Estate, sold; to Samuel Woodburn, London, 1830, sold; to Lord Francis, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Egerton (Lugt 2710b), 1836 or 1837, by descent; to Duke of Sutherland, sold [through Sotheby’s, London, December 5, 1972, lot 75]; to Yvonne tan Bunzel, London. Sold [through Christie’s, New York, January 12, 1995, lot 7]; to Vermeer Associates Limited, Brompton, Ontario, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1996
pen and brown and black ink, brown grey wash on tan antique laid paper attached to mount
16th centuryItalianBrown ink with traces of black and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall on cream antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, heightened with white gouache on cream antique laid paper stumped overall with black chalk, pricked in part with probable later re-strengthening of highlights in white gouache
16th centuryItalianMetalpoint, brown ink and white gouache on pink prepared antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash and white gouache on faded blue paper, laid down overall on decorative mount
16th centuryItalianBlack and white chalk, stumped, on blue antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
16th centuryItalianTempera (and/or oil), charcoal, and stylus, varnished overall, on paper
16th centuryItalianBlack, red and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianCharcoal and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down overall to off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk on white antique laid paper, squared in black chalk
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash, traces of black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on blue antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash and traces of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream antique laid decorative mount
16th centuryItalian