16th century
27.8 x 16 cm (10 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Sir John Charles Robinson, London (L. 1433). Emile Wauters, Paris (L. 911) [sale, Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 15-16 June, 1926, no. 14]. [Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 28 June 1979, no. 5, repr.] sold; to Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc. [later Vermeer Associates], Brampton, Ontario, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1998. On long-term loan to Fogg 1979-1998 from Vermeer Associates.
Brown ink and brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on faded blue antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianRed chalk with erased highlights on buff antique laid paper; verso: black chalk and brown ink
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink on cream antique laid paper inlaid into incised off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink, incised, off-white antique laid album page also incised
16th centuryItalianMetalpoint and white gouache on gray prepared antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk with incised ruled lines; verso: brown ink
16th centuryItalianBrown ink with traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper prepared with brown wash, laid down overall to thick cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash over red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianRed chalk, red wash on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink, retouched over some areas of loss, on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall to cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink on buff antique laid paper
16th centuryItalian