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.
Black ink, gray wash, and graphite on off white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
18th centuryDutchBlack ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBlack ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchGraphite and charcoal on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryDutchBlack ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down, with a framing line in gray ink and graphite
18th centuryDutchBrown wash on antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBrown and gray wash over black chalk on cream laid paper
18th-19th centuryDutchGray wash and black and brown ink on off-white antique laid paper, with a partial framing line in graphtie and gray ink
18th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper; verso: graphite, black ink, and red chalk
17th-18th centuryDutchReddish brown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk with touches of graphite on white antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk
18th-19th centuryDutch