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Domenico Campagnola
approximately 1500-1564
Mountainous Landscape with Town, in Foreground, Shepherd Separating Two Dogs
ca. 1540-1550
Pen and brown ink on paper.
9 7/16 x 14 15/16 inches (240 x 379 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 66
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Inscription:
Inscribed, probably by William Gibson, on verso at lower right, in brown ink, "Campagnolo. / 2.3. / 8.7" (the 8.7 possibly changed from 7.(?)); in upper right corner, in graphite, "69"; at lower left, in graphite, "a".
Watermark: Crossbow in a circle. (cf. Briquet I, 749. Lucca, 1548).
Provenance:
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), London (Lugt 2092); William Gibson (1644/5-1702), Surrey (possibly his inscription on verso); 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:
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618-1680, former owner.
Gibson, William, 1644 or 1645-1702, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography:
Tietze and Tietze-Conrat, 1944, 130, no. 521; Nickel 2017, cat. 215.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 66, repr.
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