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Italian School

Bird-Catcher

Black chalk on paper; traces of squaring in black chalk; framing line in graphite.

11 3/8 x 5 11/16 inches (287 x 145 mm)

Purchased on the Fellows Fund, with the special assistance of an anonymous donor, Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, and Mr. and Mrs. Claus von Bülow.

1976.1

Notes:

Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Netherlandish School.

Provenance:

Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London.

Associated names:

Anonymous, Netherlandish School, 17th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Bunzl, Yvonne Tan, former owner.
Heinemann, Lore, donor.
Von Bülow, Claus, 1926-2019, donor.
Von Bülow, Martha Crawford, 1931-2008, donor.

Bibliography:

Old Master Drawings of the 19th Century, Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London, Summer 1975, no. 14, repr. (as "Dutch School - Study of a Court Jester").
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 270.

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