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
Black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, drum-mounted to wove decorated mount
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on buff antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianRed chalk, with one black chalk line across top, on cream antique laid cream paper with remnants of gray mount on verso
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink with touches of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down overall on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash and graphite, incised, on cream antique laid paper inlaid into incised off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink, incised
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk heightened with white gouache on dark cream antique laid paper laid down overall to cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk and white gouache on faded blue antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream antique laid card decorative mount
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 black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to blue antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalian