1567
20.7 x 25.8 cm (8 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.) mount: 27.3 x 34.7 cm (10 3/4 x 13 11/16 in.)
John M. MacGowan, Edinburgh (L. 1496, with his mark), possibly sold [T. Philipe, London, 26 January - 4 February, 1804]. Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (L. 2091, without his mark), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.k NOTE: At the T. Philipe sale, under lot 303-4; were five objects each described as "Scriptural Subject" by Martin van Heemskerck
Black ink on cream antique laid paper, circular framing line partially in brown ink and partially in black chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray, yellow, and bluish-green wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, mounted on an album leaf; verso: composition traced through on verso in black chalk, partially incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brow nink; verso: black ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown and gray wash with incidental green wash at lower center, incised, on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink at left and right edges, mounted on album leaf
16th centuryNetherlandishTwo shades of brown ink, blue wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, white opaque watercolor, and black chalk or graphite on cream antique laid paper, toned with brown wash, with a framing line in brown ink, laid down on wove paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink, reddish-brown wash, and partially oxidized white opaque watercolor on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink and white opaque watercolor on rose prepared paper, with a probably later graphite line; verso: black chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on light tan antique laid paper, with two compass lines, the lower of which reinforced with graphite, laid down on antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandish