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 chalk and gray and brown wash on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, red, blue, and yellow chalk wash with graphite on cream antique laid paper; remnants of a brown-ink framing line at upper, left, and lower edges; verso: brown ink and gray wash
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on faded blue (?) paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, pale brown wash, and incidental marks in black chalk on cream antique laid paper, prepared with light rose-brown wash, mounted overall, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk, with later additions of dark gray wash and white and yellow opaque watercolor, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink and gray wash over black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and black chalk
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown wash, brown ink, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in black ink over brown ink, a pinhole in the center, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray-brown and blue wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash on beige antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper; verso: black and red chalk
17th centuryDutch