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 on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink, gray wash and white opaque watercolor, incised, on brown prepared paper, framing line in black ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown-gray ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk lines rubbed with black chalk throughout
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray, yellow and rose wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted on an album leaf; verso: outlines of recto are traced through in black chalk, incised
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 centuryNetherlandishBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack ink on off-white antique laid paper, incised, black ink framing line, blackened on the verso for transfer to copper plate
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack chalk, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on blue antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryNetherlandish