16th century
39.9 × 18.8 cm (15 11/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Nicholas Lanier, London (Lugt 2885). [Christie's, London, July 4, 1978, lot 32 ("the property of a gentleman)] sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997
Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper inset into cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink over traces of black chalk on tan antique laid paper, drum-mounted to wove decorated mount
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash with white gouache on green-brown prepared antique laid paper, laid down
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown watercolor on brown antique laid paper; verso: black chalk, white gouache and traces of green and red watercolor [watercolor probably Van Dyck brown applied with a reed pen]
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, squared in black chalk
16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash, traces of black chalk, with some incidental incising, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down overall to cream antique laid decorative mount
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk and brown ink
16th-17th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash and white gouache on faded blue paper, laid down overall on decorative mount
16th centuryItalianRed chalk on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink with traces of black and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall on cream antique laid paper
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown ink, brown wash and white gouache on gray-brown prepared antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBlack and white chalk with black and and gray wash on buff antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
16th centuryItalian