17th century
25.4 x 38 cm (10 x 14 15/16 in.) mount: 31.9 x 44.1 cm (12 9/16 x 17 3/8 in.)
Richard Houlditch, London (L. 2214 with his mark). Jonathan Richardson Sr., London, (L. 2184 with his mark). John, Lord Northwick, offered for sale; [Sotheby's, London, 1-4 Nov 1920, lot 195, bought in], sold; [Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1921, lot 70]. [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (L. 2091 without his mark), bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.
Brown ink on light tan antique laid paper, mounted down
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink over touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink.
16th-17th centuryFlemishBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, faded to green-brown, mounted down
17th centuryFlemishBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFlemishRed and black chalk, brown wash, red watercolor, and white and brown opaque watercolor, on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite; added strip at lower right, perhaps not original
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and blue-green wash on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBlack ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black and blue ink and graphite and a center line and compass line in graphite; verso: black ink over graphite, compass points, partial framing line in black and blue ink
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, transparent watercolor, and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, mounted; verso of drawing: star and flourishes in brown ink?
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite, additions in gray pastel and black chalk at upper left, on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBlack and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: red chalk offset with random black chalk smudges
17th centuryFlemish