c. 1588-1590
17.4 × 12.7 cm (6 7/8 × 5 in.)
Antoon Johannes der Kinderen (1859-1924), Amsterdam; by descent to his widow; by whom presented or bequeathed to I.Q. van Regteren Altena, by 1937, sold [Christie's, July 10, 2014, lot 21] sold; to George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023
Brown and black ink and white opaque watercolor on blue paper
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16th centuryDutchBrown ink and traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised, framing line in brown ink, attached to mount with two brown ink framing lines
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16th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray-brown and blue wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, with an original framing line in brown ink and a later partial framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, black ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper, prepared with brown wash
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a center line in black chalk
16th-17th centuryDutch