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 wash over graphite on light tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBlack ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, black chalk, graphite, and white opaque watercolor on blue antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
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 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 centuryDutchBlack and red chalk counterproof, strengthened with charcoal and incised, on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchRed chalk, moistened in places, over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a partial framing line in red chalk
18th centuryDutchGraphite, with a framing line in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryDutch?Black ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk, brown ink, and brown, gray, and rose wash on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBrown wash, gray ink, and gray wash over traces of graphite on white antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutch