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Italian School
Scene Before a Warrior's Tent
Pen and brown ink, with gray wash, over black chalk, with further indications in black chalk, on paper.
14 7/8 x 10 5/16 inches (378 x 261 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 108
Notes:
Formerly attributed to Salvatore Rosa, Aranella 1615-1673 Rome.
Inscription:
Inscribed at upper right, in pen and black ink, "No[o superscript] 271".
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.
Associated names:
Rosa, Salvatore, 1615-1673, Formerly attributed to.
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, 108, repr. (as Rosa)
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