16th century
12 × 9.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in.)
Comte de la Croix(?) (L. 2949, with his mark). Sir Peter Lely, London, England (L. 2093 with his mark). Joshua Reynolds, London, England (L. 2364 with his mark). William Morley, London, England ( L. 1826a; Morley's inscription is present on the old mount). Mrs Robert Frank, sold; [P. & D. Colnaghi, & Co. Ltd., London, England 1962], sold; to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1979.
Black chalk on cream antique laid paper mounted at edges to a multi-pieced antique laid paper mount
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, white gouache and touches of graphite on dark cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk on blue antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink with touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream wove paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, sanguine washes and white gouache on sanguine prepared antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk heightened with white chalk on buff antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and black chalk with traces of white gouache on cream antique laid paper, lined overall with Japanese paper
16th centuryItalianRed and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink, incised, on cream antique laid paper inlaid into off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink and graphite, incised, off-white antique laid album page also incised
16th centuryItalianGouache with traces of watercolor over black chalk on dark cream antique laid paper, mounted overall to board with a blue decorated antique laid paper border
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper inlaid into off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink, incised, off-white antique laid album page incised
16th centuryItalian