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Karel la Fargue
1738-1793
Landscape with a Man Seining, a Cowherd, and a Coach on the Road
1786
Black chalk, pen and black ink and wash, and graphite, on paper; framing line in brown ink.
12 5/8 x 19 3/8 inches (321 x 492 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 244a
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Signed and dated at lower right, in brown ink, "Karel la Fargue / ad vivum f. 1786". Inscribed on the verso, at lower right, in graphite, "796 / ni/./".
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, over "4", letters "A" and "VDL", (Strasbourg lily).
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.
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