16th century
39.9 × 18.8 cm (15 11/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Nicholas Lanier, London (Lugt 2885). [Christie's, London, July 4, 1978, lot 32 ("the property of a gentleman)] sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997
Black chalk and brown ink on beige antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianRed and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down
16th-17th centuryItalianBlack and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, drum-mounted to wove decorated mount
16th-17th centuryItalianBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk and brown ink
16th-17th centuryItalianRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, drum mounted to modern cream wove decorative mount
16th centuryItalianBrown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk with later addition of white gouche on tan antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink and black chalk
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, black chalk and traces of red chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBlack and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
16th-17th centuryItalian