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Circle of? Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
1606-1680,
River Bank of the Tiber, with Temple of Vesta. Verso (upside down): Outline of a horse seen form the side, without the head
Pen and brown ink on blue paper; verso: black chalk.
3 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (80 x 197 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 79
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On mat with III, 79a.
Provenance:
Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445); William Esdaile (Lugt 2617); Reverend Henry Wellesley (no mark; see Lugt 1384); his sale, London, Sotheby's, 25 June 1866, according to Marcel Roethlisberger; Frederick Lord Leighton of Stretton (no mark; see Lugt S. 1741a); his sale, London, 16 July 1896, lot 452; Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names:
Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682, Formerly attributed to.
Master of the Blue Landscape, Formerly attributed to.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Esdaile, William, 1758-1837, former owner.
Wellesley, Henry, 1791-1866, former owner.
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 79.
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