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 cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, autograph framing lines in brown ink, mounted overall
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and blue wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink, blue wash, and red chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink over graphite; some red chalk on vase
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on light tan antique laid paper, with two compass lines, the lower of which reinforced with graphite, laid down on antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishGray and brown ink, white and pink opaque watercolor, on gray-blue prepared paper, partial framing line in gray ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, gray and rose wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk and brown ink, mounted on an album leaf; verso: partially visible, outlines of recto are traced through in black chalk, incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown and gray wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray, yellow, and bluish-green wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, mounted on an album leaf; verso: composition traced through on verso in black chalk, partially incised
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 centuryNetherlandishTwo shades of brown ink, blue wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, mounted on an album leaf; verso: outlines of recto are traced through in black chalk, incised
16th centuryNetherlandish