Martin von Molitor

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Martin von Molitor
1759-1812
Mountainous Landscape with a Hut
1796
Pen and gray ink, brown wash, over black chalk, on paper.
7 15/16 x 9 13/16 inches (202 x 249 mm)
Purchased on the Director's Fund in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw.
1986.119
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Watermark: none.

Inscription: 

Signed and dated at lower left in gray ink, "Molitor / .796".

Provenance: 
Unidentified collector "H" (not in Lugt); Thomas Le Claire Kunsthandel, Hamburg.
Associated names: 

Kunsthandel, Thomas Le Claire, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 362.

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