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."
Graphite and metalpoint (?) on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite or black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink over black chalk, squared in black chalk, on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on gray prepared paper; verso: black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black and red chalk and gray wash
17th centuryDutchBlack and brown ink and gray wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, red, blue, and yellow chalk wash with graphite on cream antique laid paper; remnants of a brown-ink framing line at upper, left, and lower edges; verso: brown ink and gray wash
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown, gray and gray-green wash and black chalk on white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, red and black chalk and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper prepared with thin white ground, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in black chalk; verso: blackened with black chalk
17th centuryDutch