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Attributed to William Hogarth
1697-1764
A Nude Female Figure Half Reclining
Black and white chalk, on gray paper.
16 11/16 x 10 3/8 inches (424 x 264 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 32g
Notes:
This sheet may be a study for the principal female figure in the artist's painting, "The Pool of Bethesda", 1736, St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
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.
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