Ludolf Backhuysen
approximately 1630-1708
View across the IJ with the Village of Ransdorp in the Distance and a Dutch States Yacht of Amsterdam and other Ships before a Moderate Breeze in the Foreground
6 x 10 9/16 inches (152 x 268 mm)
Brush and brown ink and wash, over graphite, on paper; framing line in brown ink at right and lower margins.
III, 223
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Monogrammed on the sideboard of the States yacht of Amsterdam, in brush and brown ink, "LB". Inscribed on the verso, at lower left, in brown ink, "Zj" ["j" in superscript]; and in graphite, "N 17 L. Bakhuisen" (i.e. the lot no. in the de Vos sale); at lower center, also in graphite, "21 / 5 / & printed notes"; and at upper center, in graphite, "Ludolf Bakhuizen".
Associated names
Klijn, Hendrik Harmen, 1773-1856, former owner.
Vos Jacobszoon, Jacob de, 1803-1878, former owner.
Thibaudeau, Alphonse Wyatt, 1840-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vos Jacobszoon, Jacob de, 1803-1878, former owner.
Thibaudeau, Alphonse Wyatt, 1840-1893, former owner.
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, 223, repr.
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Century Drawings
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