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Attributed to Jacob Esselens
1626-1687
Woodland and Stream
Black chalk, and gray and some brown wash, on paper.
15 3/16 x 19 15/16 inches (386 x 506 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 189
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Watermark: none.
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Inscribed on the verso of the old mount: at center, in brown ink, "P No ["o" in superscript] 8"; at lower right corner, in three different hands, in graphite, "Devliejer Ph / very good"; in the second hand, "Waterloo W"; and in the third hand, "supposed Waterloo".
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:
Vlieger, Simon de, -1653, Formerly attributed to.
Waterloo, Anthonie, 1610-1690, Formerly attributed to.
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, 189, repr. (as Waterloo)
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