15th century
27.3 x 18.1 cm (10 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.)
Jonathan Richardson, Sr., London, England. Bishop Benson. Sir John Gott, Bishop of Truro, Cornwall, England. Reginald Herbert, The Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Salisbury, England, sold [through Sotheby's, London, July 7, 1917, lot 343]; to [Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, July 15, 1919, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940.
Brush and brown ink, white gouache, orange wash, incised, on pink-purple prepared parchment
15th centuryItalianBrown ink on cream antique laid paper laid down on mount (a warmer second brown ink used to strengthen several figures in the major figural group)
15th centuryItalianBrown ink with brown wash on cream antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink , with touches of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream wove decorative mount
15th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, the drawing then hinged along the left edge only onto a mount
15th centuryItalianBlack ink, gray wash and white gouache on faded blue antique laid paper, laid down overall on cream antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink, with touches of black chalk and black ink, on dark cream antique laid paper
15th centuryItalianBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianMetalpoint heightened with white gouache on pink prepared antique laid paper
15th centuryItalianBrown ink, sanguine washes and white gouache on sanguine prepared antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, white gouache, traces of black chalk and scratchwork at left, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink and black chalk on dark cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
15th-16th centuryItalian