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.
Brown ink, transparent watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted at four corners to beige antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and graphite (?) on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite (?)
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor, with application of gum, and opaque watercolor over traces of black chalk on cream antqiue laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink over black chalk, squared in black chalk, on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, discolored to brown
17th centuryDutchGraphite and metalpoint (?) on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk with touches of graphite and incidental marks in brown ink(?) on parchment, autograph framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on parchment
17th centuryDutch