17th century
15 x 13.8 cm (5 7/8 x 5 7/16 in.)
Perhpas William Roscoe, Liverpool (L. 2645, without his mark), sold; [Winstanley, Liverpool, 23-28 September 1816, 4th day's sale, lot 520 (as Adriaen van Ostade). Sir John Charles Robinson, London (L. 1433, lower right). John Postle Heseltine, London (L. 1507 and 1508, without his mark). [Frederick Keppel & Co., New York], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs (L. 2091, without his mark), Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Oiled charcoal and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash with white opaque watercolor on brown toned paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and transparent watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite; verso: graphite on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor with touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk, squared in graphite, on faded blue antique laid paper; verso: black and white chalk counterproof with touches of ochre, with squaring transferred from recto
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down at corners to cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite and gray wash on white prepared parchment
17th centuryDutchWatercolor and black ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutch