17th century
16.3 × 25.6 cm (6 7/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Bellingham Smith, sold [through his sale, Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, June 5, 1927, lot 79]. Carl Robert Rudolf, London, sold [through his estate sale, Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, April 18, 1977, lot 67 as by Ostade]; to [C. G. Boerner, Dusseldorf], sold [through Christie's, Amsterdam, November 10, 1997, lot 130]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston
Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with gray wash
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, transparent watercolor, and gray wash over graphite on antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, with a partial framing line in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and colored wash on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk and white opaque watercolor on blue paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown and black ink, gray wash, and black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on light tan antique laid paper, mounted overall to a pink mount
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash with (later?) gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and black chalk with white opaque watercolor restoration on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink, gray and brown wash, black chalk, and white opaque watercolor
17th centuryDutch