16th century
actual: 31.5 x 20.2 cm (12 3/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
[Sotheby's, New York, 13 January 1993. lot 84 (as Netherlandish School, 16th century), sold; to [Vermeer Associates, Brampton, Ontario], sold, to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004
Brown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray, yellow, and bluish-green wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, mounted on an album leaf; verso: composition traced through on verso in black chalk, partially incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk on antique laid paper, toned with red wash and white opaque watercolor
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on light tan antique laid paper, with two compass lines, the lower of which reinforced with graphite, laid down on antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, gray wash and oxidized white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishOpaque and transparent watercolor over traces of black chalk on antique laid paper mounted overall to wood panel, traces of framing lines in shell gold and dark red opaque watercolor
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, black chalk and incidental or accidental green wash on cream antique laid paper; framing line in graphite and brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk, extensively incised, on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandish