17th century
actual: 12 x 8.9 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Karl Eduard von Liphart, Dorpat, Bonn and Florence (L. 1687, with his mark). Freiherr Reinhold von Liphart, Rathshof near Dorpat, Russia (L. 1758, with his mark), his sale; [C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 26 April 1898, possibly lot 747]. Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932. NOTE: The sale catalogue lists lot 747 as a Rembrandt drawing of a philosopher reading with studies of several male heads which are not on this sheet, the measurement given (14 x 9) is also different from the measurement of this sheet.
Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper; framing line in dark brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk and charcoal on blue paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk with touches of graphite and incidental marks in brown ink(?) on parchment, autograph framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in black chalk; verso: blackened with black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on mount
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBrown and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray ink, partially incised, on of-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink; verso: red chalk, rubbed
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink, pinhole in the center, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and graphite
17th centuryDutchRed chalk over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink over red chalk
17th-18th centuryDutch