17th century
47.1 x 27.8 cm (18 9/16 x 10 15/16 in.) mount: 57.4 x 39.4 cm (22 5/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
Sir Charles Greville (L. 549, lower left), by descent; to his nephew, George Guy Greville, Fourth Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle, sold; [Christie’s, London, 20 May 1896, lot 356 (as Rubens).] Charles A. Loeser, Florence; Bequest of Charles A. Loeser, 1932.335.
Brown ink, blue wash, white opaque watercolor, some oxidized in angels, over graphite, incised almost overall, on off-white antique laid paper, mounted down; two angels at lower right cut out, the rest of the drawing laid down, and piece readhered 7 mm lower with brown ink and blue wash fill
17th centuryFlemishViolet ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryFlemishTransparent watercolor and brown ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFlemishBlack ink, gray and green wash, and white, gray, and yellow opaque watercolor over black chalk on buff antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on thick laid card
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink over touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink.
16th-17th centuryFlemishBrown and black ink and gray wash with later additions in graphite and black ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite, mounted overall
17th centuryFlemishBlack and brown ink, brown and gray wash and bluish-white opaque watercolor over black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, mounted on heavy antique laid paper and card
17th centuryFlemishGouache and watercolor on antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and gray and blue watercolor on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryFlemishRed and black chalk, brown wash, red watercolor, and white and brown opaque watercolor, on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite; added strip at lower right, perhaps not original
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and blue-green wash on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemish