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.
Transparent watercolor, brown ink, and pink and white opaque watercolor on gray prepared paper; verso: brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, white opaque watercolor, and black chalk or graphite on cream antique laid paper, toned with brown wash, with a framing line in brown ink, laid down on wove paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink over black chalk, incised and with a vertical line at left edge in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, with an incised framing line
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishOpaque watercolor and shell gold over traces of black chalk on paper mounted overall to wood panel; framing lines in shell gold and dark red opaque watercolor
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, mounted overall
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishGray and brown ink, white and pink opaque watercolor, on gray-blue prepared paper, partial framing line in gray ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, autograph framing lines in brown ink, mounted overall
16th centuryNetherlandishTwo shades of brown ink, blue wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown and gray wash with incidental green wash at lower center, incised, on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink at left and right edges, mounted on album leaf
16th centuryNetherlandish