c. 1575-80
14.5 x 21.5 cm (5 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
[Christie's, Amsterdam, 30 November 1987, lot 6, repr.] sold; to Vermeer Associates, Ltd, Brampton, Ontario, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993; The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Purchase Fund and Richard Norton Memorial Fund, 1993.170
Brown ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and gray wash
16th centuryNetherlandishTransparent watercolor, brown ink, and pink and white opaque watercolor on gray prepared paper; verso: brown ink
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 centuryNetherlandishBlack ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and violet wash on cream antique laid paper
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 on cream antique laid paper, circular framing line partially in brown ink and partially in black chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink on parchment
16th-17th 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 centuryNetherlandishOpaque watercolor and shell gold over black chalk on antique laid paper mounted overall to wood panel; framing lines in shell gold and dark red opaque watercolor
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink over black chalk and incidental pink wash, on light tan antique laid paper, laid down, framing lines in brown ink and dark brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandish