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Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Hans Bol (Netherlandish, 1534 - 1593), View of Antwerp from the River Schelde, with the Sint-Andrieskerk at Far Left and the Sint-Michielsabdij at Center (recto); Studies of Eight Ships at Left, and a View of Delfgauw (Pijnacker) at Right (verso), c. 1583/1584, silverpoint on two joined sheets of white prepared paper, 5 1/16 × 15 15/16 (12.9 × 40.5), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1895,0915.983.

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Jacques de Gheyn III (Dutch, c. 1596 - 1641), A Pair of Stocks at Top; Two Clerks Reading a Paper at Bottom (after Jacques de Gheyn II), c. 1618, silverpoint on cream prepared paper, 4 1/8 × 4 3/8 (10.5 × 11.1), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1850,0223.191.

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Jacques de Gheyn III (Dutch, c. 1596 - 1641), View of Hampton Court at Top; Sundial at Bottom, c. 1618, silverpoint on cream prepared paper, 4 3/16 × 4 1/2 (10.6 × 11.4), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1850,0223.190

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Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558 - 1617), Self-Portrait with Long Beard and Moustache, 1605, silverpoint on yellow prepared vellum, 3 7/16 × 2 1/2 (8.8 × 6.4), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1854,1113.230.

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Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558 - 1617), Self-Portrait Wearing a Hat and a Wide Ruff, Holding a Copperplate and a Burin (recto); A Kneeling Camel (verso), c. 1589, silverpoint with graphite and gray and bluegray wash on yellow prepared vellum (recto); silverpoint on prepared vellum (verso), 5 3/4 × 4 1/8 (14.6 × 10.4), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1895,0915.1020.

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Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558 - 1617), Three Studies of a Man’s Head (recto); A Young Man Standing, Three-Quarter Length (verso), 1587, silverpoint and possibly leadpoint on cream prepared vellum (recto); silverpoint on cream prepared vellum (verso), 5 13/16 × 5 3/16 (14.8 × 13.2), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1895,0915.1021.

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