17th century
22.4 x 19.5 cm (8 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.) mount: 29.7 x 28.4 cm (11 11/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
Zaccaria Sagredo, Venice [with Sagredo inventory numbers P.O. no: 154 on verso and P.O. no. 65 on mount; Lugt 2103a]; his nephew, Gherardo Sagredo, Venice, by descent. [Hotel Drouot, Paris (P. Renaud), May 23, 1986, lot 205 (as Dutch 17th century)]. [Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 15 November 1994, no. 96] sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004. The drawing may have been part of the large group of Sagredo drawings sold in Lyon c. 1919. Drawing was on long-term loan to the Fogg, 1995-2004.
Brown ink and brown wash over graphite, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on Asian paper
17th centuryDutchRed chalk and red chalk wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, discolored to brown
17th centuryDutchGraphite and black chalk, partially incised, on white antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchPrussian blue (blue-green) ink and blue-green wash on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchRed and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, silhouetted and mounted to off-white antique laid paper prepared with green wash; framing lines in black chalk and graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk, incised throughout, on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, gray wash, and black ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on an English (?) mount
17th centuryDutch