A Mounted Drummer from the Back
Marcellus Laroon the Elder
1670–1702 · Pen and brown ink · Drawings and Prints
Laroon came to London from The Hague in 1674 and established himself as a studio assistant to Sir Godfrey Kneller. Working independently, he also painted portraits and drew vivid genre subjects whose unsentimental approach to everyday life anticipates William Hogarth. This small figure drawing on card likely once belonged to a large set and its style echoes engravings Laroon designed in 1687 titled "The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life." Rather than representing a street vendor, however, this shows a uniformed drummer on horseback, seen from the back.
- Artist
- Marcellus Laroon the Elder
- Date
- 1670–1702
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2009
