17th century
29.1 x 20.1 cm (11 7/16 x 7 15/16 in.) mount: 43.5 x 34 cm (17 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Jules Dupan, Geneva (L. 1440, with his mark), his sale; [Hôtel des Ventes, Paris, 26-28 March 1840, lot 745], sold. John Witt Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1892, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1892.
Opaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor, with application of gum, and opaque watercolor over traces of black chalk on cream antqiue 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 centuryDutchGray ink and gray wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper possibly prepared with light brown wash, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray and brown wash over black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, incised, framing line in brown ink, mounted on a gilt and hand-colored mount of blue paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash, partly incised, on cream antique laid paper, mounted down entirely
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, transparent watercolor, and gray wash over graphite on antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray-purple wash on off-white antique laid paper, mounted
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on antique laid paper, mounted at three corners
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on buff antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and blue-gray wash, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink over graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutch