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John Vanderbank
1694-1739
Venus with Cupids
1723
Red chalk on paper.
11 5/8 x 17 1/8 inches (296 x 434 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 183b
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Watermark: shield surmounted by a fleur-de-lis, with letters LVG (Churchill 484).
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Signed and dated in graphite at lower center, "J. Vanderbank Fecit. 1723".
Provenance:
Probably George Knapton; probably by bequest to General George Morrison; presumably Knapton-Morrison sale, London, T. Philipe, 25 May-3 June 1807, lot 849 (to Miss Georgina Morrison according to her notations in the copy of the sale catalogue at Colnaghi); 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:
Knapton, George, former owner.
Morrison, George, General, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919 former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913 former owner.
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