1650-1655
9.5 x 15.8 cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Valerius Röver, Delft (without his mark, L. 2984a-c, but with his inscription and under portfolio no. 17 in his posthumous inventory), by descent; to his widow, Cornelia van der Dussen, Delft, 1761, sold; to [the dealer Hendrik de Leth, Amsterdam], sold; to Johann Goll van Franckenstein I, Amsterdam, 1761, by descent; to Jonkheer Johann Goll van Franckenstein II, Amsterdam (L. 2987, his numeration, verso), probably by descent; to Pieter Hendrik Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam.[1] Baron Van Pallandt (according to Goldsmid sale). Neville D. Goldsmid, The Hague (L. 1962, verso, lower left), sold; [Hôtel Drouot (Pillet and Clement), Paris, 24 April 1876, lot 19.] Carl Robert Rudolf, London (L. 2811b, paper frame), sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1974 (L. 3306, verso, lower left); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.129
Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with gray wash
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on parchment
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on blue antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, discolored to brown
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on gray prepared paper; verso: black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and (later?) gray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown and gray wash, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor on parchment adhered to panel; thick framing line in brown watercolor
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk; two overlapping rectangles in brown ink
17th centuryDutch