17th century
This sheet forms part of a seventeenth-century Dutch album, in its original binding, which contains 41 small, full-page drawings on parchment by more than 27 different artists.
11 x 15.2 cm (4 5/16 x 6 in.)
Possibly Pieter Spiering, Delft and The Hague. Private collection, United Kingdom, sold [private sale, via Sotheby's, London]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1987 (Lugt 3306, without their mark), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 1999
Brown ink and brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchparchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, black ink, gray and brown wash on oatmeal antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite and red chalk on vellum
17th centuryDutchRed, black and white chalk on cream antique laid paper, composite framing line in red chalk, brown ink, and gray ink
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor on parchment adhered to panel; thick framing line in brown watercolor
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, graphite, and later [?] blue opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall on heavy paper or card
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, black chalk, blue-green transparent watercolor and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink
17th centuryDutch