17th century
22.4 x 19.5 cm (8 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.) mount: 29.7 x 28.4 cm (11 11/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
Zaccaria Sagredo, Venice [with Sagredo inventory numbers P.O. no: 154 on verso and P.O. no. 65 on mount; Lugt 2103a]; his nephew, Gherardo Sagredo, Venice, by descent. [Hotel Drouot, Paris (P. Renaud), May 23, 1986, lot 205 (as Dutch 17th century)]. [Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 15 November 1994, no. 96] sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004. The drawing may have been part of the large group of Sagredo drawings sold in Lyon c. 1919. Drawing was on long-term loan to the Fogg, 1995-2004.
Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with gray wash
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchparchment
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchGray ink and gray wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper possibly prepared with light brown wash, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and gray wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lilne in black ink, mounted overall to wove paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and [later?] gray wash over graphite, partially incised, on cream antique-laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, graphite, and later [?] blue opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall on heavy paper or card
17th centuryDutch