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
Brown ink on cream modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchRed chalk over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon over graphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite, squared in black crayon
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchHard and soft graphite with touches of white chalk on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack lithographic crayon and scratchwork on tracing paper, mounted on cardboard
19th-20th centuryFrenchPastel on blue-gray wove paper, faded to tan within previous mat opening.
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and white chalk on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchRed crayon on antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench