Marcellus Laroon
1679-1772
Portrait Study of a Young Man Holding a Book
1724
8 7/16 x 6 3/16 inches (214 x 157 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1972.5
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Vincent Astor and Mrs. James J. Rorimer.
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Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated in graphite at lower right, "M. Laroon / Fecit. 1724".
Associated names
Duke, L. G., former owner.
Astor, Vincent, Mrs., donor.
Rorimer, James J. (James Joseph), 1905-1966, donor.
Astor, Vincent, Mrs., donor.
Rorimer, James J. (James Joseph), 1905-1966, donor.
Bibliography
Robert Raines, Marcellus Laroon, London, 1966, no. 42, repr.
Marcellus Laroon, exhibition catalogue, Aldeburgh Festival and Tate Gallery, London, 1967, no. 31.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 171.
Marcellus Laroon, exhibition catalogue, Aldeburgh Festival and Tate Gallery, London, 1967, no. 31.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 171.
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