17th century
11.5 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)
J. D. Lempereur, Paris (Lugt 1740, lower right), sold; through his sale [Paris, March 24, 1773, lot 335]. J. A. de Silvestre, sold [through Paris, February 28, 1811, lot 440]. D. Vis Blokhuyzen, sold [Rotterdam, October 23, 1871, lot 459]. Countess Diergardt, Cologne. [C. G. Boerner, Dusseldorf], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, 1971 Note: Provenance according to Boerner: Sale, 24 March 1773, lot 335. Jacques Augustin de Silvestre, see cat. Regnault-Delalande, Paris 1810, sale 1811, "Le Pere nourricier et sa Femme."
Brown ink, brown wash, and touches of white opaque watercolor on light tan antique laid paper
17th 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 centuryDutchGray wash, black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with brown wash, traces of a framing line in black chalk
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, transparent watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted at four corners to beige antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and white opaque watercolor correction (dog) over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite or black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, gray and brown and green and yellow transparent watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing line on three sides in gray ink
17th centuryDutch