18th century
26.9 × 19.7 cm (10 9/16 × 7 3/4 in.)
Sold [through Christie's, Amsterdam, November 18, 1985, lot 138, as "Studies of the Peacock Butterfly..."]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston
Brown and black ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on brown prepared paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, black chalk, graphite, and white opaque watercolor on blue antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk; verso: stray black chalk marks
18th-19th centuryDutchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown wash on antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchGouache and watercolor
17th-18th centuryDutchMoistened black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in graphite
18th centuryDutch