19th century
Compare ass with lowered head (to the left, below the Flight into Egypt) with the etching Van Gelder, 138I, 1871.
actual: 22.4 x 11.4 cm (8 13/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Rodolphe Bresdin. estate stamp (not in Lugt) Paul Bresdin. artist's son D. G. Santee Landweer, Amsterdam, 1930. D. Loenen, Amsterdam. Adolph Schwarz, Amsterdam-Amstelveen. Robert M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, CA. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from R.M. Light & Co., 1991, sold to HUAM, 1993. Long term loan to HUAM from June 1991 to 1993
Watercolor and brown wash over graphite on cream modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and prepared black chalk on thin off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream laid paper
19th centuryFrenchCharcoal and white highlights on faded (brown) blue modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchCrayon
19th centuryFrenchTransparent and opaque watercolor, black colored pencil and graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black chalk on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on beige laid paper, laid down to off-white wove paper (platemark on secondary support)
19th centuryFrenchCharcoal on light tan wove paper, discolored
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash over graphite on cream paper
19th centuryFrench