16th century
irregular: 23.8 x 38.6 cm (9 3/8 x 15 3/16 in.)
Zaccaria Sagredo, Venice [with Sagredo inventory B.B. no. 51 on verso and BB on mount; Lugt 2103a]; his nephew, Gherardo Sagredo, Venice, by descent. [Christie’s, London, July 5, 1994, lot 9, repr.] sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998 The drawing may have been part of the large group of Sagredo drawings sold in Lyon c. 1919. Drawing was on long-term loan to the Fogg, 1994-98.
Black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall on cream antique laid decorative mount
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16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on blue-green antique laid paper, laid down
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16th centuryItalianRed chalk over brown ink on brown antique laid paper
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