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
Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, double framing line at bottom in black chalk
16th-17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor and brown ink over graphite, some glazing in green areas, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite and black chalk on beige antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, mounted entirely on heavy paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor, gray ink over graphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchRed chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, incised, two pieces joined
17th-18th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, white opaque watercolor, some brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black and red chalk and gray wash
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutch