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
Black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
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