17th century
40.2 x 25.7 cm (15 13/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Jonathan Richardson, Sr. (1665-1745), London (L. 2184, lower right); to Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), London (L. 2432, lower right); to Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), London (L. 2364, lower left). [Sotheby’s, London, 25 November 1971, lot 9, repr.] [Sotheby’s, London, 21 March 1973, lot 22, repr. p. 59] sold; to Ian Woodner, New York, by descent; to his heirs, sold; [Christie’s, New York, 2 July 1991, lot 200, repr.]; to Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums; Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund, 1994.143.
Black and white chalk and brown wash on light tan antique laid paper, laid down
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, squared in graphite, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, blue wash, white opaque watercolor, some oxidized in angels, over graphite, incised almost overall, on off-white antique laid paper, mounted down; two angels at lower right cut out, the rest of the drawing laid down, and piece readhered 7 mm lower with brown ink and blue wash fill
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, gray wash, and green watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, triple framing line in graphite
17th centuryFlemishBlack and white chalk on blue faded antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: incidental red chalk
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and gray wash over graphite, squared in graphite, on light tan antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBlack and brown ink, brown and gray wash and bluish-white opaque watercolor over black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, mounted on heavy antique laid paper and card
17th centuryFlemishBlack and red chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk
17th centuryFlemishBlack ink, gray and brown wash, white, gray and yellow opaque watercolor, and black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted overall
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk, partial squaring in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, laid down
17th centuryFlemish