16th century
19.4 x 18 cm (7 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Thomas Lawrence, London, gift; to William Esdaile, London, 1829 (Lugt 2617) [1]. Unidentified Collection, Dutch? [2]. Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932. Notes [1] See Esdaile's inscriptions on verso and old mount. [2] The dimensions in Dutch on the old mount suggest that the drawing was once part of a Dutch collection.
Brown ink over graphite (?) on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper inlaid into off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink, incised, off-white antique laid album page incised
16th centuryItalianBlack, red and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, incised, on cream antique laid paper inlaid into off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink and graphite, incised, off-white antique laid album page also incised
16th centuryItalianBrown ink on cream antique laid paper toned overall with brown wash, partial framing lines in black ink; verso: leadpoint
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, with touches of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper; verso: charcoal
16th centuryItalianBrown ink with brown wash heightened with white chalk (?) over black chalk on blue antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, over graphite (?) on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper mounted overall to antique laid paper decorated mount
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on brown antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianRed chalk with traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper prepared with a red chalk wash
16th-17th centuryItalian