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 brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in graphite
18th centuryDutchReddish brown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash, and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and black chalk
18th centuryDutchMoistened black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBlack and touches of white chalk on blue-gray antique laid paper, framing line in graphite, inlaid
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk with touches of graphite on white antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk
18th-19th centuryDutchGraphite on pale green card, three framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
18th centuryDutchBrown ink and wash over graphite on light tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchGraphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in graphite
18th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryDutch