c. 1600-1604
41.3 x 27.0 cm (15 13/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Johann August Gottlieb Weigel, Leipzig. [H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 30 May 1888 and following days, lot 1097 (as Elsheimer)]. Anton Brück, Frankfurt am Main, sold [Rudolf Bangel, Frankfurt am Main, 11 December 1893, lot. 187 (as Elsheimer)]. [Sotheby's, New York, 12 January 1994, lot 77, repr. (as circle of Elsheimer)]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (L. 3306, verso, lower right); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2008.257
Gray wash, black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutchGray wash, black ink and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and gray wash on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, mounted, framing lines in dark brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk and white opaque watercolor on blue paper, faded to light brown
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchOil, with pricked outlines, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk with incidental offset of red chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutch