17th century
actual: 13.6 x 19 cm (5 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
[Bernard Houthakker Gallery, Amsterdam, 1965 catalogue, 1965, no. 46]. [Geneviève Aymonier-Ferault, Paris, 1971 catalogue, no. 28]. Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 21 November 1989, lot 44], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.
Transparent and opaque watercolor with brown ink over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and later [?] gray-blue wash over touches of graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink at lower edge
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk with touches of graphite and incidental marks in brown ink(?) on parchment, autograph framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, charcoal, and brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, black ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper, prepared with brown wash
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown ink and touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: stray black ink marks
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, black chalk, stray white opaque watercolor, stray red pastel, and stray blue-green transparent watercolor stains on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on thick antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack, yellow, and white chalk, gray wash and charcoal on light tan antique laid paper framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite or black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on parchment, mounted down
17th centuryDutch