Marcellus Laroon The Elder Pen And Ink Drawing Circa.1687 Edward Lacey The sitter was the Great-Great

The sitter was the Great-Great Grandmother to Dame Edith Sitwell and certainly does bear a familial likeness

Century French or Italian School

Was a grocer in Maldon in Essex known as the "Fat man of Maldon" reputed to be at his death to be the "fattest man in England" at 43

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Marcellus Laroon The Elder Pen And Ink Drawing Circa.1687 Edward Lacey The sitter was the Great-GreatMarcellus Laroon The Elder 1653 1702. Pen and ink drawing. Figure Study. Monogrammed upper right. 5. 7 by 8. 5 cms. Image. 27. 5 by 33. 3 cms. Overall framed. Laroon came to London from The Hague in 1674 and established himself as the studio assistant of Sir Godfrey Kneller. Working independently, he also painted portraits and drew vivid genre subjects whose unsentimental approach to everyday life anticipates that of William Hogarth. This small figure