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.
Black chalk with touches of red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk on blue gray antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, with some smudges of red chalk on antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash and graphite, incised, on cream antique laid paper inlaid into incised off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink, incised
16th centuryItalianBrown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
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 centuryItalianBrown ink on tan antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall on cream antique paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and white gouache on cream antique laid paper, with brown ink infill and partial framing line in graphite on the mount, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash heightened with white gouache over red chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash, with touches of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down
16th centuryItalian