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.
Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in gray or black ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash, and touches of graphite on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, charcoal, gray wash, and some white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink at bottom
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on parchment, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown, gray and gray-green wash and black chalk on white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper; with later additions of gray wash and black chalk, and some scratchwork at the contour of wing at the upper left and the right column base at lower left
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk and graphite, and touches of white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in gray ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray and brown wash over black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, incised, framing line in brown ink, mounted on a gilt and hand-colored mount of blue paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, red and black chalk and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper prepared with thin white ground, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutch