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Sir Joshua Reynolds
1723-1792
The Infant Hannibal
Pen and brown ink, reddish-brown and gray wash, over black chalk, on paper.
9 13/16 x 8 7/8 inches (248 x 214 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 43
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Watermark: none.
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Inscribed on verso in graphite at upper left, "1392"; at lower left, "Reynolds"; at lower center, "5".
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, 43, repr.
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