17th century
40.7 × 26.4 cm (16 × 10 3/8 in.)
[Christie's, London, April 7, 1981, lot 50] sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash and black chalk on blue (?) antique laid paper, pricked for transfer; verso: covered in black chalk
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink, with some red chalk, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryItalianRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryItalianGraphite, heightened with white chalk, on green prepared paper
17th-18th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over traces of red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink over traces of red chalk
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink with touches of graphite (?) on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryItalianBrown ink on white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBlack and white chalk on gray prepared paper; verso: black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown, pink and greenish-blue wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryItalianRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream card
17th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
17th centuryItalian