The Large Marketplace in The Hague, after 1760

Title

The Large Marketplace in The Hague

Draughtsman

• Paulus Constantijn la Fargue

Production Place

• The Hague

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Pen and brown ink (iron gall ink?), brush and grey ink, over black chalk or charcoal, over traces of squaring, on light brown prepared paper

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• coal
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• charcoal drawing

Geographic Reference

• Dutch

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): P. C. la Fargue / del. & pinx

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten mittig (mit Bleistift): D. Groote Groenmarkt . / in d Haage
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Straßburger Lilie, im Wappenschild, darüber Krone, darunter Marke: 4 [?] und die Buchstaben: VD[ligiert]L

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• city view
• topographical drawing

Primary

• 25I144(+1) square, place, circus, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• 61F(GROTE MARKT DEN HAAG) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (GROTE MARKT DEN HAAG)
• 61F(GROTE OF SINT JACOBSKERK DEN HAAG) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (GROTE OF SINT JACOBSKERK DEN HAAG)
• 61E(DEN HAAG) names of cities and villages (DEN HAAG)
• 61D(THE NETHERLANDS) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (THE NETHERLANDS) (THE NETHERLANDS)