c. 1670-1700
10 x 8.5 cm (3 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.) primary mount: 10.4 x 8.9 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.) secondary mount: 17.2 x 15.5 cm (6 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Probably Hendrik Busserus, Amsterdam, his sale, Amsterdam (Van der Schley…Maarszen), 21 October 1782, kb 6, lot 315. Perhaps Samuel Woodburn, London. Edward Vernon Utterson, London (L. 909, lower right). George W. Northrop, Boston. Boston art trade, ca. 1965 to Maida and George Abrams, Boston.
Black chalk on parchment, autograph framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchRed chalk counterproof with touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, brown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on two vertically joined sheets of off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, yellow chalk, gray washes, and white opaque watercolor on gray antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, black ink, gray and brown wash on oatmeal antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th centuryDutch