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Francis Barlow
1626?-1702
Owl Defending its Young from a Hawk
Pen and black ink, with gray wash, on paper; traced with stylus; verso rubbed with black chalk.
4 15/16 x 6 15/16 inches (126 x 172 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 3
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower right, "F. Barlow 1629".
Provenance:
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:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 3.
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