17th century
19.4 × 25.9 cm (7 5/8 × 10 3/16 in.)
John, Lord Northwick, sold [through Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, July 5-6, 1921, lot 87 (as Adriaen van Ostade)]; to [P. & D. Colnaghi, London], sold; to [Gustave Nebehay, Berlin (as Adriaen van Ostade)], sold; to [P. & D. Colnaghi, London (as Adriaen van Ostade)]. Carl Robert Rudolf, London (Lugt 2811b). [Brod Gallery, London], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1975
Black chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over black chalk, some gum (?) varnish, on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk, white opaque watercolor, and scratchwork on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchGraphite and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black ink; verso: graphite and brown wash
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray and brown wash, graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGray ink and gray wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper possibly prepared with light brown wash, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment, autograph framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, red, blue, and yellow chalk wash with graphite on cream antique laid paper; remnants of a brown-ink framing line at upper, left, and lower edges; verso: brown ink and gray wash
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash, partly incised, on cream antique laid paper, mounted down entirely
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch