c. 1600
14.7 x 19.6 cm (5 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.) mount: 23.9 x 28.8 cm (9 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
[Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 16 November 1981, lot 33], sold; to [Vermeer Associates, Ltd., Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to Fogg Art Museum, 1982, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.
Brown ink, black chalk, scratchwork at the proper left eye and nose, on cream antique laid paper, mounted down, two brown ink framing lines
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, brown wash, transparent and opaque watercolor, red and black chalk over black chalk underdrawing on seven pieces of light tan antique laid paper, pieced together and laid down overall
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, gray wash, and green watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, triple framing line in graphite
17th centuryFlemishBlack ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black and blue ink and graphite and a center line and compass line in graphite; verso: black ink over graphite, compass points, partial framing line in black and blue ink
17th centuryFlemishRed and black chalk, brown wash, red watercolor, and white and brown opaque watercolor, on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite; added strip at lower right, perhaps not original
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk, partial squaring in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, laid down
17th centuryFlemishTransparent watercolor and brown ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFlemishBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall
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 centuryFlemishBlack and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: red chalk offset with random black chalk smudges
17th 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 centuryFlemish