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.
Brown ink on light tan antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised in design areas and compass-point hole at center, attached to mount with two framing lines in brown ink
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and shell gold
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, mounted on brown paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and gray wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown oil-based ink monotype, extensively burnished, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown wash, brown ink ink and later gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down onto Asian paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper; double framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink [?] on parchment
17th centuryDutchGray wash with black chalk and graphite, green and rose transparent watercolor, scraping and traces of white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, toned with brown wash, framing lines in graphite and gray wash
16th-17th centuryDutch