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
Opaque and transparent watercolor on parchment adhered to panel; thick framing line in brown watercolor
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk, charcoal, graphite, and blue pastel on blue paper; incised under chin
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryDutchBrown wash and graphite on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and wash over graphite on light tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and wash on off-white antique laid paper discolored to tan
17th centuryDutchBlack, yellow, and white chalk, gray wash and charcoal on light tan antique laid paper framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, white opaque watercolor and touches of red and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink and partial framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutch