17th century
20.4 x 14.1 cm (8 1/16 x 5 9/16 in.) mount: 25 x 18.3 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Private Collector, St. Louis. [Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 20 January 1982, lot 53], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan to; Fogg Art Museum, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.
Black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, brown wash, and white and gray opaque watercolor over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite and mounted overall to wove paper
17th centuryFlemishBlack and white chalk on coarse, gray-brown antique laid paper, darkened and laid down on heavy rag paper
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, blue wash, white opaque watercolor, some oxidized in angels, over graphite, incised almost overall, on off-white antique laid paper, mounted down; two angels at lower right cut out, the rest of the drawing laid down, and piece readhered 7 mm lower with brown ink and blue wash fill
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite, additions in gray pastel and black chalk at upper left, on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishRed and black chalk, brown wash, red watercolor, and white and brown opaque watercolor, on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite; added strip at lower right, perhaps not original
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on white antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFlemishBrown ink and gray and blue wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite laid down
16th-17th centuryFlemishRed chalk counterproof on cream antique laid paper, laid down on antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBlack chalk, white opaque watercolor, and brown, gray, and red transparent watercolor on light tan antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink, ; verso: red chalk and transparent watercolor
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, brown and gray wash over black chalk on antique laid paper, mounted on album leaf
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper, laid down on antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFlemish