c. 1700
20 × 31.2 cm (7 7/8 × 12 5/16 in.) image: 15.2 × 22.5 cm (6 × 8 7/8 in.)
Van den Brande collection, Middelburg [1], by descent; to E.C. Baron van Pallandt, Haarlem, sold [through Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, September 26, 1972, lot 358]. H.R. Bijl, The Hague, sold [through Sotheby's, Amsterdam, November 17, 1993, lot 31]; to Roger and Naomi Gordon, Boston, sold [through Sotheby's, New York, January 30, 2019, lot 106]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019 Notes [1] It is not clear whether Pieter van den Brande (167?-1718) and/or his son, Johan Pieter van den Brande I (1707-1758), formed the collection that descended to Baron van Pallandt (sale 1972). See Charles Dumas and Robert-Jan te Rijdt, "Kleur en Raffinement: Tekeningen uit de unicorno collectie," Zwolle, 1994, pp. 90-91.
Brown wash on antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchWatercolor and gouache over graphite, mounted down entirely
18th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in gray ink
17th-18th centuryDutchGray ink, gray wash, black chalk, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
18th centuryDutchOpaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, mounted at four corners
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over black chalk, some gum (?) varnish, on cream antique laid paper
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 centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchGraphite and charcoal on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryDutchGray wash and black and brown ink on off-white antique laid paper, with a partial framing line in graphtie and gray ink
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
18th centuryDutchBrown ink, touches of black chalk on two pieces of off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink reinforced in graphite
17th-18th centuryDutch