17th century
actual: 7.2 x 11.5 cm (2 13/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
J. A. van Dongen, Amsterdam, sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1971, gift ; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.
Opaque watercolor, graphite and shell gold on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown wash, brown ink ink and later gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down onto Asian paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on card and attached to mount
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, autograph framing line in charcoal; verso: test strokes in white chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and oxidized white opaque watercolor, on cream antique laid paper; verso: red chalk and oxidized white opaque watercolor over graphite, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash over black chalk on coarse gray antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink, pinhole in the center, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutch