17th century
28.6 × 41.9 cm (11 1/4 × 16 1/2 in.)
Lane Collection? [1] Victor Winthrop Newman (Lugt 2540), possibly sold [through Anderson Galleries, New York, February 2-3, 1920, as lot 242 "Tobias Healing his Father" by Poussin]. [2] [Nissman, Abromson LTD., Brookline], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021 Notes [1] This information is from the Anderson Galleries sale [2] The work has the same dimensions and description in the exhibition catalogue.
Black, red, and white chalk, partially incised, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, laid down
17th centuryItalianBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryItalianBlack ink and black wash on white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink on white antique laid paper
17th centuryItalianBlack chalk on white antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on tan antique laid paper, traced over with a stylus and irregularly squared in black chalk
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink and traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryItalianColored chalks and pastel, stumped, incised, on grayish-blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream card
16th-17th centuryItalianRed chalk, with a touch of black crayon (?) on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryItalianRed chalk on cream antique laid paper lightly washed with brown ink
17th centuryItalian