17th century
19.7 x 30.3 cm (7 3/4 x 11 15/16 in.)
Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892. Note Gilmor provenance from a note on the original mat in the hand of John Witt Randall.
Transparent and opaque watercolor over black chalk, some gum (?) varnish, on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a center line in black chalk
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown oil-based ink monotype, extensively burnished, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on vellum
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, reinforced in black ink at top and left
17th centuryDutchGray and brown wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on white antique laid paper, remains of a framing line in brown ink, mounted on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchparchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper; with later additions of gray wash and black chalk, and some scratchwork at the contour of wing at the upper left and the right column base at lower left
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on dark cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch