c. 1590
36.7 x 26.4 cm (14 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Dr. J. Schouten, Delft. [C. Deirkauf, Utrecht, 1963]. Hans van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (L. 2799a, former mount), sold; [Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 November 1992, lot 69, repr.]; to Vermeer Associates Ltd., Brampton, Ontario; sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994; The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund, 1994.147.
Transparent watercolor and brown ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFlemishBlack and red chalk and touches of white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in wetted red chalk and on right edge a brighter wetted right chalk with dots of white opaque watercolor
16th centuryFlemishRed chalk and brown ink on off-white antique laid paper, upper edge repaired with irregular strip; verso: rubbed with red chalk [presumably for transfer]
16th-17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and gray and blue wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite laid down
16th-17th centuryFlemishBlack, red, and white chalk and brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down
16th-17th centuryFlemishBrown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, the whole sheet later retouched with light brown-gray wash; framing line in brown ink, mounted overall
16th centuryFlemishBlack and brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite
16th-17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and gray-brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and brown and gray wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink over black chalk
16th-17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk and touches of red chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, with framing lines in graphite and stylus and partial framing line in brown ink
16th centuryFlemishBrown ink, brown wash, transparent watercolor, and touches of blue chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid account book paper with vertical ruled lines hand-drawn in pink wash on recto and verso, framing line in brown ink and graphite
16th centuryFlemish