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
Red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper
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16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash over black chalk, traces of red chalk, heightened with white gouache, on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianpen and brown and black ink, brown grey wash on tan antique laid paper attached to mount
16th centuryItalianBrown ink on buff antique laid paper
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16th centuryItalianBrown ink, incised, on cream antique laid paper inlaid into off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink, incised, off-white antique laid album page also incised
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16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, white gouache, traces of black chalk and scratchwork at left, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper
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16th centuryItalian