16th century
29.5 x 28.9 cm (11 5/8 x 11 3/8 in.) Mount: 37 x 36.2 cm (14 9/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
[Christie's, London, 14 April 1992, lot 177A (as Circle of Pieter Coecke van Aelst)], sold; [to Vermeer Associates, Ltd., Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1992, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.
Brown ink and brown wash on wood
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown and gray wash and white opaque watercolor over touches of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk at right and bottom edges, on remnants of mount
16th centuryNetherlandishCharcoal, black chalk, stumped, and gray wash, center line, framing lines and indications of saddle bars and T-bar in red chalk on six joined sheets of antique laid paper, mounted on Japanese paper; scattered touches of graphite restoration
16th centuryNetherlandishOpaque and transparent watercolor over traces of black chalk and graphite on antique laid paper mounted overall to wood panel, framing lines in shell gold and dark red opaque watercolor
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk, extensively incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line at top, right, and left sides and partial brown ink framing line at top, laid down
16th-17th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink, laid down on mount
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink on off-white antique laid paper, incised, black ink framing line, blackened on the verso for transfer to copper plate
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown and gray wash with incidental green wash at lower center, incised, on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink at left and right edges, mounted on album leaf
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash on wood
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray, rose, and yellow wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, inside framing line in black chalk at top, right and partially at bottom, outside framing line in brown ink at top, right and bottom; verso: long lines in brown ink and rubbed with black chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink over touches of black chalk and incidental white opaque watercolor, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink over black chalk
15th-16th centuryNetherlandish