16th century
actual: 31.5 x 20.2 cm (12 3/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
[Sotheby's, New York, 13 January 1993. lot 84 (as Netherlandish School, 16th century), sold; to [Vermeer Associates, Brampton, Ontario], sold, to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004
Two shades of brown ink, blue wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
16th centuryNetherlandishBlack and brown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, laid down
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, mounted overall
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and gray, yellow, and bluish-green wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, mounted on an album leaf; verso: composition traced through on verso in black chalk, partially incised
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, opaque watercolor, touches of black graphite, on paper prepared with wash (?)
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, black chalk and incidental or accidental green wash on cream antique laid paper; framing line in graphite and brown ink
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk, extensively incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line at top, right, and left sides and partial brown ink framing line at top, laid down
16th-17th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink over touches of black chalk on off-white antique-laid paper, laid down
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishGray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk, incised, on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on a gold-bordered mount
16th centuryNetherlandishBrown ink, gray wash, and trace of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in graphite and black chalk, vertical [ruled?] line in graphite
16th centuryNetherlandish