16th century
irregular: 8 x 9.5 cm (3 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Possibly Jeremiah Meyer, London, his sale; [Greenwood, London, 3-6 March 1790], sold; to Uvedale Price, Herefordshire, his sale; [Sotheby and Wilkinson, London, 3 May 1854, lot 101 (as Holbein)]. William Russell, London, his sale; [Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 10-12 December 1884, lot 356 (as Holbein)], sold; to William Mitchell, London (L. 2638 with his mark), his sale; [F.A.C. Prestel, Frankfurt am Main, 7 May 1890, lot 56 (as Holbein)], sold; to Wawra (possibly C.J. Wawra, Vienna). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932.
Opaque and transparent watercolor over traces of black chalk and graphite on antique laid paper mounted overall to wood panel, framing lines in shell gold and dark red opaque watercolor
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink with incidental red and black chalk on off white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishOpaque and transparent watercolor heightened with gold and silver over graphite on cream paper, framing line in black ink, red opaque watercolor, and gold
16th centuryNetherlandish?Black ink on off-white antique laid paper, incised, black ink framing line, blackened on the verso for transfer to copper plate
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray, yellow, and bluish-green wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, mounted on an album leaf; verso: composition traced through on verso in black chalk, partially incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk, extensively incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line at top, right, and left sides and partial brown ink framing line at top, laid down
16th-17th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink over black chalk and incidental pink wash, on light tan antique laid paper, laid down, framing lines in brown ink and dark brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink and white opaque watercolor on rose prepared paper, with a probably later graphite line; verso: black chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack and brown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, laid down
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, black chalk and incidental or accidental green wash on cream antique laid paper; framing line in graphite and brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown and gray wash and white opaque watercolor on blue antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk and brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandish