- Leaf somewhat dustsoiled; sl. stained in upper part, mostly visible on verso.
= On laid paper with Grapes watermark. With the collector's mark of Lodewijk Houthakker in lower right corner on recto. Provenance: B. Weinreb, Houthakker and present owner. Fuhring, Design into art. (...) The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection, no. 261 ("formerly attributed to Theodoor van Thulden"). The arched opening with the herms on either side and the double ionic columns is associated with the designs Rubens made for his Antwerp house. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.


