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Jacob van Strij
1756-1815
Cowherd and his Family with Cattle and Dog
Pen and red-brown ink, gray wash, on paper.
8 5/16 x 9 1/4 inches (212 x 235 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 167
Inscription:
Signed at lower right, in black ink, "J van Strij". Inscribed on the verso, at lower left, in black ink, "Inscr. 1856 for C.M. / Sketch by Cuyp fine / £ [illegible price code]"; and at lower right, in graphite, "D & C Blauw / p.m. (i.e. "piel merk"; Dut.: "watermark")".
Watermark: D & C BLAUW. Crossing four chain lines.
Provenance:
Richard Fisher; 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.
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Associated names:
Fisher, Richard, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, 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, I, 167, repr.
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