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, red and black chalk and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper prepared with thin white ground, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk with touches of graphite on parchment
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 centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk and red and green transparent watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and gray wash, incised in places, on off-white antique-laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor, gray ink over graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchGraphite on paper mounted on parchment page
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk counterproof, possibly worked up in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and brown wash on parchment, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch