17th century
21.2 × 15.9 cm (8 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.)
An officer in Napoleon's army, by descent; to Philips Collection, England. [Sotheby's, Amsterdam, November 4, 2003, lot 55]. [Hill-Stone Galleries, New York], sold; to George Abrams, Boston, 2005, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023
Black and red chalk, with later additions of brown ink, red chalk, and gray wash, on off-white antique laid paper cut into an oval and mounted to off-white antique laid paper, framing lines and horixontal and vertical axes lines in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and wash over graphite on light tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on faded blue (?) paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown wash and transparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and blue wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and gray wash on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown and black ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and gray wash over graphite on two sheets of antique laid paper, the secondary sheet extending 10 mm below the primary one at the bottom, partial framing line in graphite, mounted overall
17th centuryDutchOpaque watercolor and brown ink with touches of transparent watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, mounted, triple framing line in black, gold, and brown
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk with touches of graphite and incidental marks in brown ink(?) on parchment, autograph framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutch