17th century
actual: 11 x 18.4 cm (4 5/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Unidentified Auction House, Paris, 6 May 1909, lot 86]. Louis Deglatigny, Rouen (L. 1768a, without his mark), his sale; [Hôtel Drouot, 22 November 1937, lot 191]. [Christie's, London, 1 July 1969, lot 148], sold; to Lundi. [Christie's South Kensington, London, 5 April 1977, lot 31]. Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.
Brown ink, transparent watercolor, gray wash and red chalk over traces of black chalk on off-white paper, mounted on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchparchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a partial framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and colored wash on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk, with later additions of dark gray wash and white and yellow opaque watercolor, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink and gray wash over black chalk
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray-brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on white antique laid paper, prepared with red chalk wash, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchWatercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper
17th centuryDutchBrown wash and ink on antique laid paper, framing line in gold; mount: graphite, brown wash, and gold
17th centuryDutch