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.
Transparent watercolor, white opaque watercolor and brown ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk
18th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash and oxidized white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
18th 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 centuryDutchBrown and gray ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in gray ink
18th centuryDutchGouache and watercolor
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink, mounted at three corners
17th-18th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink
18th centuryDutchBlack chalk and gray wash on off-white wove paper, with a framing line in black chalk
18th-19th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th-18th centuryDutchTransparent and opaque watercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryDutch