c. 1665-c. 1669
18.7 x 25.3 cm (7 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Private Collection. [Christie's, London, 3 April 1995, lot 184], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995. NOTE: Cited as "private collection" in Jan van Kessel (1641-1680), Alice I. Davies, 1992.
Black and brown ink and gray wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash, black chalk on antique laid paper, mounted at all four corners
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk, with later additions of dark gray wash and white and yellow opaque watercolor, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink and gray wash over black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, graphite, gray wash, white opaque watercolor, and red chalk on light tan antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink.
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and graphite at right, some ruled, and in black chalk at bottom
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, red chalk, and random marks in black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk with incidental offset of red chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutch