16th century
19 x 53.9 cm (7 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.)
Zaccaria Sagredo, Venice; his nephew, Gherardo Sagredo, Venice, by descent. Sold in Lyon, c. 1919; to private collector; his great nephew, sold [Christie’s, Monaco, July 2, 1993, lot 23, repr.]; to Vermeer Associates] sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1994 Drawing was on long-term loan to the Fogg, 1993-94.
Brown ink, brown wash, white gouache and touches of graphite on dark cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash, heightened with white goauche on blue antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
16th centuryItalianBrown, blue, pink, and yellow washes over red chalk, squared in black chalk on tan antique laid paper, backed with cloth, itself laid down
16th-17th centuryItalianGouache with traces of watercolor over black chalk on dark cream antique laid paper, mounted overall to board with a blue decorated antique laid paper border
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and graphite, incised, on cream antique laid paper inlaid into off-white antique laid album page; verso: brown ink and graphite, off-white antique laid album page incised
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash, partially squared in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink rubbed with red chalk
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and red chalk and touches of brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, mounted at top to cream antique laid paper mount
16th centuryItalianBrown ink and brown wash on dark cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianRed chalk over black chalk on white antique laid paper
16th centuryItalian, Tuscan, SieneseBrown ink on cream antique laid paper
16th centuryItalianBlack chalk , with touches of white gouache, on dark cream antique laid paper, mounted overall to cream antique laid paper hinged to decorative mount.
16th centuryItalian