17th century
actual: 18.5 x 15 cm (7 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Johan Conrad Spengler, Copenhagen (L. 1434, with his mark), his sale; [Copenhagen, 8 October 1839, lot 1267]. Ernst Jurgen Otto, Celle, Germany (L. 873b, with his mark), sold; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., 5 March 1960], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1961. NOTE: Funds for the purchase of the drawing were given to the Fogg Art Museum by Dr. Fritz B. Talbot.
Black ink, gray wash, and red-brown wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: black ink and gray wash
17th centuryDutchBlack, white, and yellow (?) chalk on blue paper; perhaps black and white chalk and blue watercolor on oatmeal paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray ink on dark cream antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchRed and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lilne in black ink, mounted overall to wove paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray and brown wash, and red and blue transparent watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk counterproof, reworked in red chalk, graphite and black chalk (?) on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and white opaque watercolor on blue paper, framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, faded to gray-blue, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutch