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Attributed to Hans Rottenhammer
1564-1625
Fall of Phaeton
Pen and brown ink, grayish-brown wash, over black chalk, on paper.
7 7/16 x 5 1/4 inches (189 x 133 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 157a
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Watermark: crossbow with initials D.L.(?)
Provenance:
Jonathan Richardson, London (Lugt 2183); George Knapton; his sale, London, T. Philipe, 25 May 1807, lot 735; 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:
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Knapton, George, 1698-1778, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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