16th century
17.7 x 45.9 cm (6 15/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
[Christies, London, December 9, 1980, lot 27] sold; to Vermeer Associates, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994
Black chalk with touches of red chalk on off-white 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
16th centuryItalianMetalpoint and white gouache on gray prepared antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown wash over black chalk heightened with white gouache on blue antique laid paper, mounted overall to cream antique laid paper, drum-mounted to off-white wove paper, squared in black chalk, framing lines in brown ink
16th centuryItalianBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBlack ink on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink over black chalk on off-white white antique laid paper; blue wash applied to verso
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink over black chalk (?) on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBlack and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash, with touches of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalian