c. 1550
Paper support cut into three parts.
diam.: 32.8 cm (12 15/16 in.)
Mrs. Vivian Neal, sold; [Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1968, lot 121]; to [Heinrich Pilartz, Cologne.] [Sotheby's, London, 9 April 1981, lot 63.] Vermeer Associates Ltd., Brampton, Ontario, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003; The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Anne and John Straus, the Marian H. Phinney Fund, and the Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund, inv. no. 2003.153.
Brown-gray ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk lines rubbed with black chalk throughout
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray, yellow and rose wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted on an album leaf; verso: outlines of recto are traced through in black chalk, incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink on parchment
16th-17th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, white opaque watercolor, and black chalk or graphite on cream antique laid paper, toned with brown wash, with a framing line in brown ink, laid down on wove paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, gray and rose wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk and brown ink, mounted on an album leaf; verso: partially visible, outlines of recto are traced through in black chalk, incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and gray wash
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown and gray wash and white opaque watercolor on blue antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk and brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink over graphite; some red chalk on vase
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on blue antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandish