Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 31.7 x 47.4 cm (12 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.)
Provenance: Christian David Ginsburg, Palmer's Green, England (Lugt 1145, verso, lower left, in black ink). Henry Scipio Reitlinger, London (Lugt Suppl. 2274a, not stamped); [his sale Sotheby's, London, 22-23 June 1954, lot 786] (photocopy of cat. in departmental file); Dr. Scharf (not stamped, not in Lugt) (according to the list of buyers in the sale cat.). Mathias Komor, New York (Lugt Suppl. 1882a, verso, lower left, in blue ink)
Medium:pen and black and brown ink, black chalk, and brush and green, brown, and orange wash
Inscriptions: lower left, in brown ink: Saverij ; VERSO, upper center, in graphite: oblong ; lower left, in graphite: [illegible, partially erased] ; lower left, in graphite: Roland Savery 1576-1639 / (pupil of his brother Jan Savery ; lower center, in graphite: [illegible] / clip 1/2" left 1 1/2" [r]ight ; ON FRAGMENT OF OLD BACKING (now removed), on a seperately applied piece of paper, printed in black ink: MATH[IAS K]OMAR [cropped] / WORKS OF ART / Q840 [inscribed in black ink] / NEW YORK ; in black ink: Roland Savery / 1576-1639 / Ex. Coll. Dr. Ginsburg (L. 1145) / Reitlinger ; in graphite: Lugt. Supplt 2274a ; ON ANOTHER FRAGMENT, in graphite: R. Savery
Department: Drawings
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: Delia E. Holden Fund
Collection: DR - Dutch
Accession Number: 1958.315
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