16th century
14.2 × 203 cm (5 9/16 × 79 15/16 in.)
Joseph David Böhm, Vienna (1794-1865) (Lugt 271, 272, 1442), possibly sold through his sale [Alexandre Posonyu, Vienna, December 4, 1865, lot 1206 as by Brueghel]. [1] Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck (Lugt 5848), sold or exchanged [through Franz Balke, March 8, 1958]. Walter Hugelshofer, Zurich. [Sotheby's, London, July 8, 2004, lot 15, bought in]. John Davidson, Chicago, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024 Notes [1] Lot 1206 includes two drawings by Savery described as "Landschafts studien, qu. 8 Zart mit d. Feder." However, according to the 2004 Sotheby's catalogue, two other drawings by Savery were in the collection of Böhm and sold in 1995.
Brown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on blue antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and gray wash
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray wash, partially incised, on parchment, laid down on blue antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink with incidental red and black chalk on off white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishTwo kinds of brown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, lined with Japanese paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack and brown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, laid down
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, mounted on an album leaf; verso: outlines of recto are traced through in black chalk, incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown-gray ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk lines rubbed with black chalk throughout
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash on wood; verso: red chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishCharcoal, black chalk, stumped, and gray wash, center line, framing lines and indications of saddle bars and T-bar in red chalk on six joined sheets of antique laid paper, mounted on Japanese paper; scattered touches of graphite restoration
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, opaque watercolor, touches of black graphite, on paper prepared with wash (?)
16th centuryNetherlandish