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 and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, autograph framing line in charcoal; verso: test strokes in white chalk
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 centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, mounted entirely on heavy paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk, with a framing line in brown ink, on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with brown wash, laid down on a mount
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk, squared in graphite, on faded blue antique laid paper; verso: black and white chalk counterproof with touches of ochre, with squaring transferred from recto
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink and gold wash; verso: graphite tracing of two figures from upper left recto
17th centuryDutchGouache, watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch