18th century
24.5 × 20.2 cm (9 5/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
Possibly Lord Pensionary, Leiden. Possibly Richard Tucker, Exeter, England. Possibly John Collins Warren, Boston, Massachusetts. John Witt Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1840, bequest to Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1892, gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1892. NOTE: The identity of the Lord Pensionary of Leiden remains unknown, there were only four men who held this position from 1700-1780: Joost van Heemskerk (1698-1701); Pieter Marcus (1702-1744); David van Roijen (1749-1753); and Jan Davidsz. van Roijen (1753-1780). See M. Prak, Gezeten burgers: De elite in een Hollandse stad Leiden 1700-1780, The Hague: De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1985. The provenance is taken from an inscription on the old mat which may be in Randall's hand.
Black ink, gray wash, and touches of graphite on antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
18th-19th centuryDutchBlack, red, and white chalk and brown ink on blue antique laid paper, with multiple framing lines in black ink and gold
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on white antique laid paper with a framing line in brown ink; verso: graphite, black chalk and gray wash
18th centuryDutchBrown wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor over graphite on wove paper
18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down
18th centuryDutchOpaque and transparent watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in gray ink
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk; verso: stray black chalk marks
18th-19th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryDutch