1742
The ark floating on the waters; just above it the dove hovers bearing the olive branch in its beak.
diameter: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.)
Cyril Humphris, London, sold at Sotheby's, New York, 1995. Sale, January 10, 1995, lot 64. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from Sotheby's, New York, 1995, sold to HUAM, 2000, 2000. long-term loan to HUAM, 1995-2000
Black ink over graphite on discolored white paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, red chalk, gray wash, and white gouache over black chalk, on blue antique laid paper; verso: black ink and gray wash
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on blue wove paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink, gray wash, and watercolor with touches of white gouache over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk counterproof on cream antique laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper, framing line in black ink
18th centuryFrenchGraphite and turquoise wash, incised with a stylus on tracing paper, backed.
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and black and gray wash, probably over graphite, framing lines in black ink, on off-white antique laid paper (laid down)
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
18th-19th centuryFrench