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Egbert van Heemskerck
1634 or 1635-1704
Girl Dancing before Peasants in a Tavern
Red chalk on paper.
10 15/16 x 14 5/8 inches (278 x 372 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 211a
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Watermark: Three stacked circles, surmounted by a crown and cross, the top circle flanked by griffons (similar to Heawood, no. 734: England, late seventeenth century). Top circle with cross inside, bottom circle with letter "I" inside, Drawing is lined overall and pattern is seen in beta radiograph.
Provenance:
Philippe Huart (d. 1869), Paris (Lugt 2086 and 2084); Charles Fairfax Murray (as Cornelis Bega), London; from whom purchased in 1910 by J. Pierpont Morgan (no mark; see Lugt 1509).
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Bega, Cornelis Pietersz., approximately 1631-1664.
Huart, Philippe, -1869, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, John Pierpont, 1837-1913, former owner.
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