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.
Brown ink, sanguine washes and white gouache on sanguine prepared antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache, on faded blue antique laid paper, laid down overall to modern laid decorated mount
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk, brown wash and white gouache, incised with a stylus, on cream antique laid paper, lower right corner infilled, laid down overall on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk, white gouache and touches of orange-red chalk on faded blue antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk on cream antique-laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over traces of red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink over traces of red chalk
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk heightened with white gouache on cream antique laid paper, stylus underlining in architectural elements
16th centuryItalianRed and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, and red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
16th centuryItalian