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French School
16th century
Portrait of a Man Wearing a Cap
Black, red and yellow chalk, with stumping, on paper laid down on card.
4 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches (119 x 116 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 68
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Notes:
This drawing has no close parallels among French portraits of the period and may be the work of a German draftsman.
Inscription:
Inscribed variously on verso of lining in graphite, "4627 / bh"; "29"; "2 French Drawings [illegible] W. [or Ch] D [illegible]."
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:
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, III, 68, repr.
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