17th century
19 x 15.5 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.)
(Eckert, Strasbourg?). John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, 1892, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1892.
Graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, mounted at four corners
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk and white opaque watercolor on gray-blue paper, framing line in black chalk at upper edge; verso: trial strokes in colored pastel
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over black chalk, some gum (?) varnish, on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown and black ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and gray wash over graphite on two sheets of antique laid paper, the secondary sheet extending 10 mm below the primary one at the bottom, partial framing line in graphite, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk and charcoal on blue paper
17th centuryDutchBrown, gray and gray-blue wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper; double framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchRed and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryDutch