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.
Brown wash and graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, charcoal, and brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink, mounted overall on wove paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, mounted
17th centuryDutchBrown ink
17th centuryDutchWatercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, discolored to brown
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 centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, white opaque watercolor, some brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch