1660s
22.7 x 36.1 cm (8 15/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
De Bèze, sold; [Pierre Remy, Paris, 3 April 1775 and following days, lot 226]; to Sr. Yver. R. Pott, sold; [A.J. Lamme, Rotterdam, 11 October 1855 and following days, kunstboek 3, lot 61]; to D. Vis Blokhuyzen, Rotterdam, sold; [Lamme, Rotterdam, 23 October 1871 and following days, lot 160; to Linnig (possibly Jos. Linnig). Freiherr Max von Heyl zu Herrnsheim, Darmstadt (L. 2879, verso, lower left) sold; [H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 25-26 May 1903, lot 118]; to Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, The Hague (L. 561, verso, lower left), sold; [C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 4 November 1931, lot 81, repr. pl. 7.]; to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London], sold; to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge (L. 2087a, without his mark); bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.51.
Brown ink over graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, prepared with light brown wash.
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk, white opaque watercolor, and scratchwork on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on beige antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and gray wash, incised in places, on off-white antique-laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and blue-gray wash, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on Asian paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in dark brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, autograph framing line in charcoal; verso: test strokes in white chalk
17th centuryDutch