17th century
17.1 x 24.6 cm (6 3/4 x 9 11/16 in.), irregular mount: 18.9 x 26.6 cm (7 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
[Kunsthandlung Rath A.-G., Basel]. [Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 12-15 December 1922, lot 1902]. Tobias Christ, Basel, 1925, to his heirs, 1951. Private Collector, Basel, sold;[Sotheby's, London, 9 April 1981, lot 25H], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, 1981], long-term loan to; Fogg Art Museum, 1981, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997. NOTE: M. Rotermund remarked in 1951 ("Christus am Brunnen bei Sichar," p. 9) that the drawing was then in the possession of Dr. Christ's heirs in Basel. Note from Sotheby's to the subsequent owner (in file) identifies the drawing as bought in "the Christ sale."
Brown ink, brown wash, and transparent watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down on an inlay mount, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk
17th centuryDutchGray wash, black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk or opaque watercolor with stray oil [?], with a framing line in black chalk, on light tan antique laid paper, perhaps prepared
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper; with later additions of gray wash and black chalk, and some scratchwork at the contour of wing at the upper left and the right column base at lower left
17th centuryDutchBrown and gray wash, graphite and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, incised; verso: gray wash and trial strokes in black ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper, partial framing line in brown ink, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink [?] on parchment
17th centuryDutchGraphite and gray wash, incised in places, on off-white antique-laid paper
17th centuryDutch