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Anonymous, 17th century

Soldiers pillaging a town

17th century
Pen and black and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, on laid paper prepared with gray wash; framing lines in pen and black ink
11 × 9.5 cm (4.3 × 3.7 in)

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