17th century
50.5 x 34.2 cm (19 7/8 x 13 7/16 in.)
Sir Charles Greville (L. 549, verso, lower left), by descent; to his nephew, George Guy, 4th Earl of Warwick (L. 2600, lower right), sold; [Christie’s, London, 20 May 1896, lot 106 (with two others)]; to Charles Fairfax Murray, London. Professor John Isaacs, London, sold; [Sotheby’s, London, 12 March 1963, lot 157 (with another)]; to Ralph Holland, Newcastle upon Tyne, sold; [Sotheby’s, London, 5 July 2013, lot 349, repr.]; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund, 2013.43.
Brown ink on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, black chalk and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink, possibly autograph
16th-17th centuryFlemishBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and gray wash over graphite, squared in graphite, on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink over touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink.
16th-17th centuryFlemishBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, faded to green-brown, mounted down
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink trial strokes
17th-18th centuryFlemishCharcoal and touches of white chalk on off-white antique laid paper, mounted down
17th centuryFlemishGray ink and brown wash over graphite or black chalk, incised, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th 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 black chalk, squared in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink; verso: brown ink
17th centuryFlemishBrown and black ink and gray wash with later additions in graphite and black ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite, mounted overall
17th centuryFlemish