17th century
19.8 x 22.9 cm (7 13/16 x 9 in.)
Thomas Lawrence, London (L. 2445, without his mark). Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle, Stratford (L. 2600, without his mark). Sir John Charles Robinson, London (L. 1433, with his mark), sold; [Christie's London, 1902. Sale, 12-14 May 1902, lot 354]. Charles Newton Robinson, London. [H. Wunderlich and Co., New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1910. NOTE: Lot 354 was described as "Holy Family: Interior, with Joseph at a carpenter's bench -- pen and sepia wash drawing."
Black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a partial framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, traces of a framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, black chalk, blue-green transparent watercolor and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, gray wash, some incised lines in lower half of added strip at right, on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink and gray wash, squared in red and bluish chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in red chalk and gray ink, attached to mount at three corners
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and red wash, over traces of black chalk, partially incised, on cream antique laid paper; traces of later restoration in white opaque watercolor; verso: black chalk and graphite
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor, heightened with gold, on parchment
17th centuryDutch