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
Black crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on darkened tracing paper, mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchConté crayon on beige wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon over graphite, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black crayon
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and dark tan wash over the face on off-white wove paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and white gouache over graphite on tan wove paper with ruled lines
19th centuryFrenchBlack conté crayon on white laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench