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.
Brown ink and gray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, remounted
18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk, squared in graphite and with a framing line in graphite, on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchLight and dark brown washes with black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; partial framing line in black chalk
18th centuryDutchBlack and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk; verso: stray black chalk marks
18th-19th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray and red wash, incised, on cream antique laid paper, with two framing lines in gray ink; verso: incised, with oil residue
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack and touches of white chalk on blue-gray antique laid paper, framing line in graphite, inlaid
18th centuryDutchBrown wash on antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBlack ink and brown wash over black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk, mounted at top corners
18th centuryDutchBlack ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryDutchGraphite and charcoal on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchGouache and watercolor
17th-18th centuryDutch