16th century
11.2 x 17.7 cm (4 7/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Francesco Conestabile. John Postle Heseltine, London (Lugt 1507). [1] Henry Oppenheimer, London, sold; [Christie's, London, 10, 13-14 July 1936, lot 155, pl. 40] to; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London]. The Honorable Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1936 [1] Lugt notes that Oppenheimer purchased a number of drawings from the Heseltine collection in 1912.
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper mounted at the edges to decorated mount
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on tan antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk and white gouache on cream antique laid paper prepared with a pink wash
15th-16th centuryItalianBlack chalk heightened with white chalk on buff antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk heightened with white chalk on blue antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink on blue-green prepared antique laid paper; verso: brown ink and blue wash
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, white gouache and touches of graphite on dark cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink over graphite (?) on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, sanguine washes and white gouache on sanguine prepared antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash heightened with white gouache on blue antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream modern laid paper
16th centuryItalian