1580
31 x 25.2 cm (12 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Charles F. J. Libert de Beaumont, Lille (L. 1679, without his mark, but with inscription close to his mark, L. 1703). [Bernard Houthakker Gallery, Amsterdam, 1972.] [Richard Collins, New York] sold; to [Seiden and de Cuevas, New York, later Vermeer Associate Ltd., Brampton, Ontario, 1982] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994; The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund, 1994.141
Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, extensively incised, on cream antique laid paper
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