17th century
18.6 x 18.3 cm (7 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Ms. DeBeer, London, by 1961. [Sotheby's, London, 21 February 1962, lot 277 (as Adriaen van Ostade)]; to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London,] sold, 30 May 1962 (as Adriaen van Ostade); to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts. NOTE: Colgnaghi information supplied by Steven Ongpin, 20 December 2001.
Brown ink and brown, gray and gray-green wash and black chalk on white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk with touches of graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and brown wash on parchment, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, black ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper, prepared with brown wash
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack ink and gray wash with black chalk and white opaque watercolor over black chalk and traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGray wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, double framing line at bottom in black chalk
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, transparent watercolor and graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque watercolor and graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on parchment, mounted down
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink and gold wash; verso: graphite tracing of two figures from upper left recto
17th centuryDutch