17th century
43.2 × 31.5 cm (17 × 12 3/8 in.)
Baron Johann Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam and Velzen (his mark, L.2987, verso); to his son, Johan Goll II van Franckenstein, Amsterdam and Velzen, by descent; Pieter Hendrik Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam, by descent; possibly his sale, De Vries, Amsterdam, 1 July and following days 1833; L. X. Lannoy, Amsterdam; his sale, De Vries, Amsterdam, 1-2 December 1893, lot 65 (as "Christ and the Adulterous Woman"); Alister Mathews, Branksome Park, Dorset (by 1964); Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, verso, L.3863, verso, lower left and right); Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara (by 1978); Artemis, London; Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., New York; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louise Haskell Daly Fund, inv. no. 1984.584
Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in graphite, laid down on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream card, extended at top and bottom
17th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed, black, and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on four sheets of cream antique laid paper, with blue wove paper strips adhered to face
17th-18th centuryFrenchGray wash and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on off-white antique laid paper and decorated with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white card, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk with touches of graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink, dark gray wash, and white gouache on off-white antique laid paper prepared with light gray wash, laid down on off-white antique laid paper covered with blue wove paper
17th centuryFrenchColored chalks on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchColored chalks with touches of pastel on tan antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper, laid down on gray wove paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrench