18th century
19.5 x 26.9 cm (7 11/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Marquis d'Allegre or Marquis d'Aligre. John Witt Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1892, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1892. NOTE: An inscription in Randall's hand says the drawing is from the Cabinet of the Marquis d'Allegre whose collection was dispersed in 1849. The Marquis d'Aligre's auction occurred in 1849 (also 1848 and 1854). The estate of the Marquis d'Allegre was in 1872, no record of the drawing was found in 1849 or 1872 auction catalogues available.
Transparent watercolor and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, mounted to cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchWatercolor and gouache over graphite, mounted down entirely
18th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper; verso: graphite, black ink, and red chalk
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, touches of black chalk on two pieces of off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink reinforced in graphite
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, graphite, gray wash, white opaque watercolor, and red chalk on light tan antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink.
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and graphite on off white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
18th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, and touches of graphite on antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
18th-19th centuryDutch