16th century
17.6 × 14.6 cm (6 15/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Black chalk on blue-brown antique laid paper, lined with off-white wove paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to off-white wove paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, incised, on cream antique laid paper inlaid into off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink, incised, off-white antique laid album page also incised
16th centuryItalianBrown ink over graphite (?) on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink, gray-brown wash, white gouache, black chalk, ocher wash and traces of red chalk on dark cream antique laid paper toned overall with a light brown wash
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on dark cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink (brown wash added later?) on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianOiled black chalk heightened with white on tinted tan antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianRed chalk with traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall
16th centuryItalianBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper mounted at edges to a multi-pieced antique laid paper mount
16th centuryItalian