17th century
16.1 x 14.6 cm (6 5/16 x 5 3/4 in.) mount: 19.2 x 16.4 cm (7 9/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Sir Edmund Prideaux. [Christie's, London, 1 July 1955, part of lot 58]; sold to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd.], sold; to Fritz B. Talbot, Brookline, Massachusetts, 25 April 1960, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960. NOTE: Provenance information from Colnaghi's stock books, provided by Steven Ongpin, 12/20/01.
Brown ink and brown wash, with corrections in opaque white watercolor, on cream antique laid paper, discolored to beige (mounted)
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and oxidized white opaque watercolor, on cream antique laid paper; verso: red chalk and oxidized white opaque watercolor over graphite, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack ink and gray wash over red chalk on cream antique laid paper, squared in red chalk, framing line in black ink and red chalk, mounted at all corners
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, touches of black chalk on two pieces of off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink reinforced in graphite
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor, gray ink over graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk [possibly a counterproof?] on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in black chalk; verso: blackened with black chalk
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor, black chalk, gray wash, and brown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutch