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, gray wash, and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper; verso: graphite, black ink, and red chalk
17th-18th centuryDutchGray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on parchment
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent watercolor over graphite on wove paper
18th centuryDutchWatercolor and gouache over graphite, mounted down entirely
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk
18th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchBlack ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and transparent watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, two framing lines in black ink, in places superimposed
18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutchGray ink, gray wash, black chalk, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
18th centuryDutchBlack ink, gray wash, black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryDutch