17th century
19.7 x 19.1 cm (7 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.) mount: 24.3 x 23.5 cm (9 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Heinrich Wilhelm Campe, Leipzig (L. 1391, with his mark). [C. G. Boerner (Leipzig), 9 May 1930, lot 244 (as Rembrandt school)], sold; to [P. & D. Colnaghi, London], sold; to Carl Robert Rudolf, London (L. 2811b, with his mark), 1934. Private collector, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1981.
Brown ink and black and red chalk on oatmeal (formerly blue) paper; verso: brown ink and black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, black ink, and gray wash, with a framing line in black ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and black chalk on light tan 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, brown and (later?) gray wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchRed and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, silhouetted and mounted to off-white antique laid paper prepared with green wash; framing lines in black chalk and graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, red, blue, and yellow chalk wash with graphite on cream antique laid paper; remnants of a brown-ink framing line at upper, left, and lower edges; verso: brown ink and gray wash
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink over graphite, with a framing line in black ink, on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown wash and transparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on thin fibrous, transparent paper, partially removed
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black and red chalk and gray wash
17th centuryDutch