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Adriaen van Ostade
1610-1685
Seated Man Holding a Glass in his Left Hand
Pen and black ink and wash, over graphite, on paper; framing line in brown ink.
3 1/8 x 2 5/16 inches (79 x 60 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 130 (3)
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Three on one mat.
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Inscribed on the verso, at upper center, in graphite, "6.1"; and at lower left corner, in graphite, "w/a".
Watermark: Illegible fragment (possibly the far right edge of a shield surmounted by a crown).
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.
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Associated names:
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, I, 130 (3), repr.
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