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School of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Elijah under the Juniper Tree: I Kings 19:4-8
Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, correction in opaque white on the right portion of the figure's cloak, on paper.
6 3/16 x 4 7/8 inches (157 x 124 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 214
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Watermark: Countermark: Letters "RP" (similar to Churchill, no. 341: 1644). Letters between chain lines.
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Possibly Samuel Woodburn (1786-1853), London; possibly his sale, London, Christie's, 16-27 June 1854, lot 2192; 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:
Woodburn, Samuel, 1785 or 1786-1853 former owner.
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, 214, repr. (as school of Rembrandt).
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