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 over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black ink
18th centuryDutchGray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, with a framing line in graphite
18th centuryDutchGouache and watercolor
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk along left and bottom margins and framing line in black ink along top and right margins; verso: red chalk [another hand?]
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in graphite
18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk
18th centuryDutchBlack ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, remounted
18th centuryDutch