16th century
17.4 x 27.1 cm (6 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
Dr. F. Pokorny, Vienna (L. 2036 with his mark). [Christie's, Amsterdam, 13 November 1995, lot 54], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long term loan; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.
Brown ink on cream antique laid paper
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16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brow nink; verso: black ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, mounted on an album leaf; verso: outlines of recto are traced through in black chalk, incised
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 centuryNetherlandishCharcoal, black chalk, stumped, and gray wash, center line, framing lines and indications of saddle bars and T-bar in red chalk on six joined sheets of antique laid paper, mounted on Japanese paper; scattered touches of graphite restoration
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink over touches of black chalk on off-white antique-laid paper, laid down
16th centuryNetherlandish