Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Imaginary Landscape with Fishermen Pulling in Their Nets

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince
1734-1781

Imaginary Landscape with Fishermen Pulling in Their Nets

1765
15 7/8 x 11 5/8 inches (403 x 294 mm)
Pen and black ink, with gray wash, over black chalk, on paper; pentimenti in trees in black chalk.
1983.29

Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Christian H. Aall and Miss Elisabeth T. Ely.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower left, in pen and black ink, "J. B. Le Prince. 1765".
Associated names
Masson, Jean, former owner.
Parc, Comte du, former owner.
Aall, Christian H., Mrs., donor.
Ely, Elisabeth T., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 271.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 78.
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993. no. 78, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department