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.
Brown ink and wash on light tan antique laid paper, partial framing lines in graphite
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink, laid down on mount
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, mounted overall
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 over touches of black chalk and incidental white opaque watercolor, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink over black chalk
15th-16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk, extensively incised, on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink over brown ink, laid down on blue support
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and blue wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink, blue wash, and red chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishTwo kinds of brown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, lined with Japanese paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishTwo shades of brown ink, blue wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash and graphite, squared in graphite and black chalk, incised, on off-white antique laid paper; partial framing line in brown ink and graphite
16th-17th centuryNetherlandish