c. 1650
6.7 x 16 cm (2 5/8 x 6 5/16 in.) framed: 26.7 x 38.1 cm (10 1/2 x 15 in.)
Possibly General Antoine-Francois Andreossy (according to Firmin-Didot sale). Ambroise Firmin Didot, Paris (L. 119, mount, verso, lower left) sold; [Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 16 April – 21 May 1877, possibly lot 74, 75, or 78.] Freiherr Max von Heyl zu Herrnsheim, Darmstadt (L. 2879, mount, verso, lower left), sold; [Stuttgart, H. G. Gutekunst, 25-26 May 1903, lot 246, repr.], to [H. G. Gutekunst.] Charles A. Loeser, Florence; Bequest of Charles A. Loeser, 1932.368.
Transparent and opaque watercolor and black chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on white antique laid paper, remains of a framing line in brown ink, mounted on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, yellow chalk, gray washes, and white opaque watercolor on gray antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall on two sheets of antique laid ledger paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper, faded to gray-beige, partial framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk, squared in graphite, on faded blue antique laid paper; verso: black and white chalk counterproof with touches of ochre, with squaring transferred from recto
17th centuryDutchGray and brown wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, mounted
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash, black chalk on antique laid paper, mounted at all four corners
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in dark brown ink
17th centuryDutch